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Note 15 - Hedging Activities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Note 15 - Hedging Activities (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Asset derivatives |  | Liability derivatives
| Notional amount |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair value |  | Balance sheet location |  | Fair value
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts | $ | 782 |  | $ | 487 |  | Other current assets |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 22 |  | Other accrued liabilities |  | $ | (10) |  | $ | (6)
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Other assets |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | Other liabilities |  |  | (23) |  |  |
Interest rate contracts |  | 550 |  |  | 1,300 |  | Other assets |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | Other liabilities |  |  | (4) |  |  | (15)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exchange contracts, other |  | 1,095 |  |  | 1,285 |  | Other current assets |  |  | 6 |  |  | 17 |  | Other accrued liabilities |  |  | (12) |  |  | (5)
Foreign currency hedges related to translated earnings |  | 11,972 |  |  | 12,126 |  | Other current assets |  |  | 511 |  |  | 649 |  | Other accrued liabilities |  |  | (33) |  |  | (33)
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Other assets |  |  | 472 |  |  | 846 |  | Other liabilities |  |  | (61) |  |  |
Total derivatives | $ | 14,399 |  | $ | 15,198 |  |  |  | $ | 995 |  | $ | 1,535 |  |  |  | $ | (143) |  | $ | (59)
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] |
Note 15 - Hedging Activities (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Effect on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] |
| Effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31
Derivatives in hedging relationships | (Loss)/gain recognized in other comprehensive income (OCI) |  | Location of gain/(loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income effective/ineffective |  | Gain/(loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income ineffective/effective (1)
2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Cash flow hedges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net sales |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 3 |  |  |
Interest rate hedge | $ | (7) |  | $ | (3) |  | $ | 33 |  | Cost of sales |  |  | 6 |  |  | 7 |  | $ | 38
Foreign exchange contracts |  | (17) |  |  | 20 |  |  | 56 |  | Other (expense) income, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 91
Total cash flow hedges | $ | (24) |  | $ | 17 |  | $ | 89 |  |  |  | $ | 26 |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | 129
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] |
Note 15 - Hedging Activities (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Effect on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Gain (loss) recognized in income |
Undesignated derivatives | Location of gain/(loss) recognized in income |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Foreign exchange contracts – balance sheet | Foreign currency hedge gain (loss), net |  | $ | 8 |  | $ | 29 |  | $ | 100 |
Foreign exchange contracts – loans | Foreign currency hedge (loss) gain, net |  |  | (3) |  |  | 13 |  |  | 87 |
Foreign currency hedges related to translated earnings | Foreign currency hedge gain (loss), net |  |  | 80 |  |  | 1,369 |  |  | 435 |
Total undesignated |  |  | $ | 85 |  | $ | 1,411 |  | $ | 622 |

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