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<strong>Solvay</strong> Global Annual Report 2007<br />
(26) Inventories<br />
EUR million at December 31 2006 2007<br />
Finished goods 680 689<br />
Raw materials and supplies 458 532<br />
Work in progress 121 61<br />
Other inventories 3 4<br />
Total brut 1 262 1 286<br />
Write-downs -41 -31<br />
Net total 1 221 1 255<br />
(27) Trade receivables, financial receivables and other non-current assets<br />
In 2007, trade receivables represented 69 days’ sales. The carrying value of the trade receivables is a good<br />
approximation of the fair value at balance sheet closing date.<br />
There is no significant concentration of credit risk at Group level to the extent that the receivables risk is spread over<br />
a large number of customers and markets.<br />
The ageing of trade and financial receivables and other non-current assets is as follows:<br />
2006 EUR Million Total With<br />
writedown<br />
Not past<br />
due<br />
Of which receivables without write-down<br />
Less<br />
than 30<br />
days<br />
past due<br />
Between<br />
30 & 60<br />
days<br />
past due<br />
Between<br />
60 & 90<br />
days<br />
past due<br />
More than<br />
90 days<br />
past due<br />
Trade receivables 1 671 16 1 365 154 52 47 37<br />
Other receivables 405 29 324 7 33 0 13<br />
Financial receivables and<br />
other non-current assets 176 0 169 1 0 0 5<br />
Total 2 252 45 1 858 162 85 47 55<br />
2007 EUR Million Total With<br />
writedown<br />
Not past<br />
due<br />
Of which receivables without write-down<br />
Less<br />
than 30<br />
days<br />
past due<br />
Between<br />
30 & 60<br />
days<br />
past due<br />
Between<br />
60 & 90<br />
days<br />
past due<br />
More than<br />
90 days<br />
past due<br />
Trade receivables 1 711 12 1 470 158 39 14 17<br />
Other receivables 566 8 521 8 13 1 15<br />
Financial receivables and<br />
other non-current assets 252 0 237 6 0 0 9<br />
Total 2 529 20 2 228 171 52 15 42<br />
Financial receivables and other non-current assets consist essentially of financial receivables, pension fund surpluses<br />
and other amounts receivable after more than one year.<br />
The other current receivables consist essentially of other receivables, deferred charges and accrued income.<br />
Other receivables have increased with the sale of the Caprolactone activities (receivable of EUR 189 million).