25. Inventories
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€ million |
30/9/2013 |
30/9/2014 |
Food merchandise |
1,953 |
2,032 |
Non-food merchandise |
3,903 |
3,914 |
|
5,856 |
5,946 |
Inventories can be broken down by sales line as follows:
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€ million |
30/9/2013 |
30/9/2014 |
METRO Cash & Carry |
2,254 |
2,319 |
Media-Saturn |
2,148 |
2,182 |
Real |
622 |
578 |
Galeria Kaufhof |
515 |
540 |
Others |
316 |
327 |
|
5,856 |
5,946 |
Compared with 30 September 2013, inventories increased by €90 million. The increase is primarily due to various new store openings as well as higher product purchasing as a result of, among other things, METRO Cash & Carry’s 50th anniversary. The opposite effect was produced by the reclassification of inventories from METRO Cash & Carry Vietnam as “assets held for sale” and from the disposal of Real’s business in Turkey.
Inventories include impairments of €229 million (30/9/2013: €267 million).