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Accounting Standard (AS) 2
(revised 1999)

Valuation of Inventories Contents
OBJECTIVE SCOPE DEFINITIONS MEASUREMENT OF INVENTORIES Cost of Inventories Costs of Purchase Costs of Conversion Other Costs Exclusions from the Cost of Inventories Cost Formulas Techniques for the Measurement of Cost Net Realisable Value DISCLOSURE Paragraphs 1-2 3-4 5-25 6-13 7 8-10 11-12 13 14-17 18-19 20-25 26-27

The following Accounting Standards Interpretation (ASI) relates to AS 2:
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ASI 2 - Accounting for Machinery Spares

The above Interpretation is published elsewhere in this Compendium.

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Accounting Standard (AS) 2*
(revised 1999)

Valuation of Inventories
(This Accounting Standard includes paragraphs set in bold italic type and plain type, which have equal authority. Paragraphs in bold italic type indicate the main principles. This Accounting Standard should be read in the context of its objective and the Preface to the Statements of Accounting Standards1 .) The following is the text of the revised Accounting Standard (AS) 2, ‘Valuation of Inventories’, issued by the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. This revised Standard supersedes Accounting Standard (AS) 2, ‘Valuation of Inventories’, issued in June, 1981. The revised standard comes into effect in respect of accounting periods commencing on or after 1.4.1999 and is mandatory in nature.2

Objective
A primary issue in accounting for inventories is the determination of the value at which inventories are carried in the financial statements until the related revenues are recognised. This Statement deals with the determination of such value, including the ascertainment of cost of inventories and any write-down thereof to net realisable value.

Scope
1. This Statement should be applied in accounting for inventories other than:
* The Standard