GERDAU S.A. | CIK:0001073404 | 3

  • Filed: 4/3/2018
  • Entity registrant name: GERDAU S.A. (CIK: 0001073404)
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  • ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInventoriesExplanatory

    NOTE 6 - INVENTORIES

     

     

     

    2017

     

    2016

     

    Finished products

     

    3,026,556

     

    2,987,785

     

    Work in progress

     

    1,302,152

     

    1,201,327

     

    Raw materials

     

    1,703,013

     

    1,487,971

     

    Storeroom supplies

     

    298,100

     

    430,731

     

    Imports in transit

     

    375,139

     

    253,729

     

    (-) Allowance for adjustments to net realizable value

     

    (3,556

    )

    (28,813

    )

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    6,701,404

     

    6,332,730

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    The allowance for adjustment to net realizable value of inventories, on which the provision and write-offs are registered with impact on cost of sales, is as follows:

     

     

    Balance as of January 1, 2015

     

    (66,363

    )

     

     

     

     

    Provision for the year

     

    (54,987

    )

    Reversal of adjustments to net realizable value

     

    37,451

     

    Exchange rate variation

     

    (17,222

    )

     

     

     

     

    Balance as of December 31, 2015

     

    (101,121

    )

     

     

     

     

    Provision for the year

     

    (62,899

    )

    Reversal of adjustments to net realizable value

     

    94,391

     

    Loss of contro by selling of subsidiary

     

    30,105

     

    Exchange rate variation

     

    10,711

     

     

     

     

     

    Balance as of December 31, 2016

     

    (28,813

    )

     

     

     

     

    Provision for the year

     

    (26,545

    )

    Reversal of adjustments to net realizable value

     

    46,740

     

    Loss of control by joint venture creation (note 3.4)

     

    392

     

    Assets held for sale (note 3.4)

     

    881

     

    Exchange rate variation

     

    3,789

     

     

     

     

     

    Balance as of December 31, 2017

     

    (3,556

    )