26. Inventories
€ million |
30/9/2019 |
30/9/2020 |
|---|---|---|
Food merchandise |
1,408 |
1,397 |
Non-food merchandise |
539 |
492 |
|
1,946 |
1,888 |
The inventories were reduced by €58 million from €1,946 million to €1,888 million.
Negative currency effects, resulting in particular from the development of the Russian rouble, reduced inventories by a total of €127 million.
Inventories include impairments of €63 million (30/9/2019: €62 million). The inventories are subject to the customary or statutory retention of title.
Currency effects
Currency effects result from situations where the same amount of currency units is translated into another currency at differing exchange rates.
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