26. Inventories

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€ million	30/9/2018	30/9/2019
Food merchandise	1,517	1,408
Non-food merchandise	591	539
	2,108	1,946

The inventories are reduced by €162 million from €2,108 million to €1,946 million.

The previous year’s figures include €203 million attributable to METRO China.

Positive currency effects, resulting in particular from the development of the Russian rouble and the Turkish lira, increased inventories by a total of €41 million.

Inventories include impairments of €62 million (30/9/2018: €70 million). The inventories are subject to the customary or statutory retention of title.