€ million | 2020 | 2019 |
Raw materials and consumables | 98 | 98 |
Work in progress | 577 | 538 |
Finished goods | 181 | 145 |
Goods purchased for resale | - 1 | 0 |
Inventories | 854 | 780 |
The cost of inventories recognized as an expense and included in “cost of sales” amounted to € 701 million (2019: € 672 million). There are no inventories pledged for security, nor is there any inventory stated at net realizable value. The write-down on inventories amounted to € 16 million in 2020 (2019: € 9 million) and has been included in cost of sales. Total inventory increased by € 74 million and related to increase of Core products.