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DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
Summary of amounts recognized in gain on derivative financial instruments line item of consolidated statements of income |
|  |  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  |
Premiums realized on written foreign exchange call options |  | $ | (2,925 | ) | $ | (2,569 | ) |
Realized loss on warrants |  |  | – |  |  | 543 |  |
Unrealized loss (gain) on warrants(i) |  |  | 15 |  |  | (580 | ) |
Realized (gain) loss on currency and commodity derivatives |  |  | (10,832 | ) |  | 357 |  |
Unrealized gain on currency and commodity derivatives(i) |  |  | (7,248 | ) |  | (7,219 | ) |
Gain on derivative financial instruments |  | $ | (20,990 | ) | $ | (9,468 | ) |
Note:
(i) | Unrealized gains and losses on financial instruments that did not qualify for hedge accounting are recognized through the gain on derivative financial instruments line item of the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income and through the other line item of the consolidated statements of cash flows.

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