26. Inventories
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€ million |
30/9/2015 |
30/9/2016 |
Food merchandise |
1,922 |
1,973 |
Non-food merchandise |
3,516 |
3,482 |
|
5,439 |
5,456 |
Inventories can be broken down by segments as follows:
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€ million |
30/9/2015 |
30/9/2016 |
METRO Cash & Carry |
2,309 |
2,262 |
Media-Saturn |
2,322 |
2,393 |
Real |
807 |
789 |
Others |
1 |
12 |
|
5,439 |
5,456 |
Inventories increased by €17 million from €5,439 million to €5,456 million. The currency-adjusted increase was €7 million.
Of this, €25 million is due to the implementation of the multichannel strategy in the Media-Saturn segment and €17 million to the acquisition of the RTS group in Germany. Higher inventories in Turkey and Italy accounted for €27 million and €20 million, respectively. In the METRO Cash & Carry segment, higher demand and several new openings in Russia added €23 million to inventories while the inclusion of the Rungis group added €5 million.
Material offsetting effects were recorded at METRO Cash & Carry in Germany (€69 million) and in the Netherlands (€13 million) as well as at Real (€18 million) and Media-Saturn in Sweden (€11 million).
Positive currency effects from the Russian rouble (€17 million) and the Kazakhstani tenge (€8 million) mitigated the negative development of the Chinese renminbi (€−10 million) and the Ukrainian hryvnia (€−6 million).
Inventories include impairments of €207 million (30/9/2015: €202 million).