Compute the dollar amount of change and the percentage

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The financial statements of Tootsie Roll are presented below.

TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF Earnings, Comprehensive Earnings and Retained Earnings (in thousands except per share data)
			For the year ended December 31,
			2011			2010			2009
	Net product sales		$528,369			$517,149			$495,592
	Rental and royalty revenue		4,136			4,299			3,739
	Total revenue		532,505			521,448			499,331
	Product cost of goods sold		365,225			349,334			319,775
	Rental and royalty cost		1,038			1,088			852
	Total costs		366,263			350,422			320,627
	Product gross margin		163,144			167,815			175,817
	Rental and royalty gross margin		3,098			3,211			2,887
	Total gross margin		166,242			171,026			178,704
	Selling, marketing and administrative expenses		108,276			106,316			103,755
	Impairment charges		-			-			14,000
	Earnings from operations		57,966			64,710			60,949
	Other income (expense), net		2,946			8,358			2,100
	Earnings before income taxes		60,912			73,068			63,049
	Provision for income taxes		16,974			20,005			9,892
	Net earnings		$43,938			$53,063			$53,157
	Net earnings		$43,938			$53,063			$53,157
	Other comprehensive earnings (loss)		(8,740	)		1,183			2,845
	Comprehensive earnings		$35,198			$54,246			$56,002
	Retained earnings at beginning of year.		$135,866			$147,687			$144,949
	Net earnings		43,938			53,063			53,157
	Cash dividends		(18,360	)		(18,078	)		(17,790	)
	Stock dividends		(47,175	)		(46,806	)		(32,629	)
	Retained earnings at end of year		$114,269			$135,866			$147,687
	Earnings per share		$0.76			$0.90			$0.89
	Average Common and Class B Common shares outstanding		57,892			58,685			59,425

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF Financial Position TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES (in thousands except per share data)
	Assets			December 31,
				2011			2010
	CURRENT ASSETS:
		Cash and cash equivalents		$78,612			$115,976
		Investments		10,895			7,996
		Accounts receivable trade, less allowances of $1,731 and $1,531		41,895			37,394
		Other receivables		3,391			9,961
		Inventories:
		Finished goods and work-in-process		42,676			35,416
		Raw materials and supplies		29,084			21,236
		Prepaid expenses		5,070			6,499
		Deferred income taxes		578			689
		Total current assets		212,201			235,167

 

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, at cost:
		Land		21,939			21,696
		Buildings		107,567			102,934
		Machinery and equipment		322,993			307,178
		Construction in progress		2,598			9,243
				455,097			440,974
		Less-Accumulated depreciation		242,935			225,482
		Net property, plant and equipment		212,162			215,492

 

OTHER ASSETS:
		Goodwill		73,237			73,237
		Trademarks		175,024			175,024
		Investments		96,161			64,461
		Split dollar officer life insurance		74,209			74,441
		Prepaid expenses		3,212			6,680
		Equity method investment		3,935			4,254
		Deferred income taxes		7,715			9,203
		Total other assets		433,493			407,300
		Total assets		$857,856			$857,959

 

	December 31,
		2011			2010
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable		$10,683			$9,791
Dividends payable		4,603			4,529
Accrued liabilities		43,069			44,185
Total current liabilities		58,355			58,505
NONCURRENT LIABILITES:
Deferred income taxes		43,521			47,865
Postretirement health care and life insurance benefits		26,108			20,689
Industrial development bonds		7,500			7,500
Liability for uncertain tax positions		8,345			9,835
Deferred compensation and other liabilities		48,092			46,157
Total noncurrent liabilities		133,566			132,046
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock, $.69-4/9 par value-120,000 shares authorized-36,479 and 36,057 respectively, issued		25,333			25,040
Class B common stock, $.69-4/9 par value-40,000 shares authorized-21,025 and 20,466 respectively, issued		14,601			14,212
Capital in excess of par value		533,677			505,495
Retained earnings, per accompanying statement		114,269			135,866
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(19,953	)		(11,213	)
Treasury stock (at cost)-71 shares and 69 shares, respectively		(1,992	)		(1,992	)
Total shareholders' equity		665,935			667,408
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity		$857,856			$857,959

 

TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF Cash Flows (in thousands)
					For the year ended December 31,
					2011			2010			2009
	CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
		Net earnings			$43,938			$53,063			$53,157
		Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
			Depreciation		19,229			18,279			17,862
			Impairment charges		-			-			14,000
			Impairment of equity method investment		-			-			4,400
			Loss from equity method investment		194			342			233
			Amortization of marketable security premiums		1,267			522			320
			Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
			Accounts receivable		(5,448	)		717			(5,899	)
			Other receivables		3,963			(2,373	)		(2,088	)
			Inventories		(15,631	)		(1,447	)		455
			Prepaid expenses and other assets		5,106			4,936			5,203
			Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		84			2,180			(2,755	)
			Income taxes payable and deferred		(5,772	)		2,322			(12,543	)
			Postretirement health care and life insurance benefits		2,022			1,429			1,384
			Deferred compensation and other liabilities		2,146			2,525			2,960
			Others		(708	)		310			305
		Net cash provided by operating activities			50,390			82,805			76,994
	CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
			Capital expenditures		(16,351	)		(12,813	)		(20,831	)
			Net purchase of trading securities		(3,234	)		(2,902	)		(1,713	)
			Purchase of available for sale securities		(39,252	)		(9,301	)		(11,331	)
			Sale and maturity of available for sale securities		7,680			8,208			17,511
			Net cash used in investing activities		(51,157	)		(16,808	)		(16,364	)
	CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
			Shares repurchased and retired		(18,190	)		(22,881	)		(20,723	)
			Dividends paid in cash		(18,407	)		(18,130	)		(17,825	)
			Net cash used in financing activities		(36,597	)		(41,011	)		(38,548	)
	Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents				(37,364	)		24,986			22,082
	Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year				115,976			90,990			68,908
	Cash and cash equivalents at end of year				$78,612			$115,976			$90,990
	Supplemental cash flow information
			Income taxes paid		$16,906			$20,586			$22,364
			Interest paid		$38			$49			$182
			Stock dividend issued		$47,053			$46,683			$32,538
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.)

 

Answer the following questions. (Give the amounts in thousands of dollars, as shown in Tootsie Roll's annual report.)

1. What did Tootsie Roll report for the amount of inventories in its Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2011? At December 31, 2010? (Round amounts to thousands.)

		2011		2010
Inventories		$		$

2. Compute the dollar amount of change and the percentage change in inventories between 2010 and 2011. (Round percentages to 1 decimal place, e.g. 15.4% and other answer to thousands.)

		Change in inventories
Dollar amount		$
Percentage			%

3. Compute inventory as a percentage of current assets for 2011.(Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g. 15.4%.)

Inventory as a percentage of current assets

%

4. What are the (product) cost of goods sold reported by Tootsie Roll for 2011, 2010, and 2009?

		2011		2010		2009
Product cost of goods sold		$		$		$

5. Compute the ratio of (product) cost of goods sold to net (product) sales in 2011. (Round percentage to 1 decimal place, e.g. 15.2%.)

Ratio of cost of goods sold to net

%