Note 10 - Inventories

The change in the inventories is reported under the item "Costs of goods sold" and, for the Group, amounts to SEK 2,450 m (2010: SEK 2,412 m). The corresponding item for the Parent Company amounts to SEK 770 m (2010: SEK 800 m).

The Group's impairment write-down of inventory to the net realizable value amounts to SEK 5 m (2010: SEK 5 m). The Parent Company's reported impairment write-down of inventory amounts to SEK 4 m (2010: SEK 3 m). No reversal of write-downs has taken place in 2011 or 2010.