Note 10 – Inventories
| Group | Parent Company | ||||
| SEK m | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| Raw materials and consumables | 174 | 165 | – | – | |
| Work in progress | 7 | 8 | – | – | |
| Finished goods and goods for resale | 559 | 435 | 97 | 88 | |
| Advance payments to suppliers | 31 | 18 | 8 | 10 | |
| Total | 771 | 627 | 105 | 98 | |
The change in inventories is reported under the item “Costs of goods sold” and, for the Group, amounts to SEK 3,833 m (2017: 3,361). The corresponding item for the Parent Company amounts to SEK 798 m (2017: 772).
The Group’s impairment write-down of inventory to the net realizable value amounts to SEK 6 m (2017: 5). The Parent Company’s reported impairment write-down of inventory amounts to SEK 3 m (2017: 2). Impairment losses have been reversed in 2018 in the amount of SEK 1 m (2017: 0).