22. Inventories

 

30 September

in EUR thousand

2009

2008

Materials and supplies

48,300

57,548

Work in progress

150,163

196,518

Finished goods and products held for resale

8,661

7,496

Total

207,123

261,561

A total of EUR 544,862,000 (2007/2008: EUR 617,270,000) in inventories were recognised as expense (material expenses) in the reporting period. This includes EUR 4,418,000 (2007/2008: EUR 2,087,000) in write-downs.