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CONCENTRATION OF RISK: (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
CONCENTRATION OF RISK: |
Schedule of concentration risk for cash equivalents and short- term investments | At December 31, 2015, SCC had invested its cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments as follows:
|  |  |  | % of total |  | % in one institution |
Country |  | $ in million |  | cash (1) |  | of country |  | of total cash |
United States |  | $ | 373.8 |  | 42.6 | % | 55.6 | % | 23.7 | %
Switzerland |  | 491.0 |  | 55.9 | % | 100.0 | % | 55.9 | %
Peru |  | 6.2 |  | 0.7 | % | 29.4 | % | 0.2 | %
Mexico |  | 6.9 |  | 0.8 | % | 10.3 | % | 0.1 | %
Total cash and short-term investment |  | $ | 877.9 |  | 100.0 | % |  |  |  |
| (1) |  | 98.9% of the Company’s cash is in U.S. dollars.
Schedule of company's largest customers as percentage of accounts receivable and total sales |
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Accounts receivable trade as of December 31, |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Five largest customers |  | 32.4 | % | 31.2 | % | 37.1 | %
Largest customer |  | 10.9 | % | 8.0 | % | 12.2 | %
Total sales in year |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Five largest customers |  | 28.0 | % | 34.3 | % | 28.7 | %
Largest customer |  | 7.7 | % | 8.2 | % | 8.4 | %

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