Company						Group
2017		2016			(R’million)	2017		2016
				19	Inventories
					Raw materials	2 182,5		2 617,4
					Partially processed goods	93,8		95,0
					Finished goods and merchandise	2 382,7		2 825,3
					Consumable stores and spares	138,0		215,3
					Other	15,0		16,8
					Inventory value, net of provisions	4 812,0		5 769,8
					Inventories carried at net realisable value included in total inventories	119,4		137,2
					Inventories written down and recognised in cost of sales as an expense	105,3		100,6
					Inventory provision deducted in arriving at total inventories net of provisions	227,5		182,4