The Coca-Cola Company Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

INVENTORIES

INVENTORIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Inventories consist primarily of raw materials and packaging (which includes ingredients and supplies) and finished goods (which include concentrates and syrups in our concentrate operations, and finished beverages in our finished products operations). Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. We determine cost on the basis of the average cost or first-in, first-out methods. Inventories consisted of the following (in millions):



December 31,	2011		2010
Raw materials and packaging	$	1,680	$	1,425
Finished goods	1,198		1,029
Other	214		196
Total inventories	$	3,092	$	2,650

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The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

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