Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Inventories

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Inventories
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Inventories  
Inventories
INVENTORIES
Inventories consist primarily of raw materials and packaging (which include ingredients and supplies) and finished goods (which include concentrates and syrups in our concentrate operations and finished beverages in our finished product 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):
 
March 31,
2017

December 31,
2016

Raw materials and packaging
$
1,654

$
1,565

Finished goods
962

844

Other
269

266

Total inventories
$
2,885

$
2,675