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INVENTORIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Inventories
INVENTORIES
The following table provides a breakdown of inventories:

Inventories at Dec 31
 
 
In millions
2018
2017
Finished goods
$
264

$
222

Work in process
45

47

Raw materials
45

48

Supplies
85

73

Total
$
439

$
390

Adjustment of inventories to a LIFO basis
(135
)
(112
)
Total inventories
$
304

$
278



Inventories valued on a LIFO basis, principally U.S. chemicals and plastics product inventories, represented 60 percent of the total inventories at December 31, 2018, and 70 percent of the total inventories at December 31, 2017.