8. Inventories
|
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
MCHF |
|
MCHF |
Raw materials, supplies and other inventories |
|
116.8 |
|
143.9 |
Work in progress |
|
56.1 |
|
64.2 |
Finished goods |
|
146.0 |
|
144.1 |
Merchandise |
|
34.1 |
|
41.5 |
Prepayments to suppliers |
|
0.2 |
|
0.2 |
Total inventories |
|
353.2 |
|
393.9 |
As at 31 December 2023, inventories included allowances for slow-moving and obsolete items of MCHF 66.4 (PY: MCHF 56.8). The allowances increased by MCHF 9.6 in 2023 (PY: MCHF +7.0).