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Note 6 - Net Sales | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Disclosure of revenue [text block] |
6. | NET SALES
The reconciliation between gross sales and net sales is as follows:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Gross sales (i) |  |  | 72,411.0 |  |  |  | 79,551.1 |  |  |  | 97,214.2 |
Excise duty |  |  | (16,192.9 | ) |  |  | (16,345.2 | ) |  |  | (17,471.7 | )
Discounts (i) |  |  | (8,318.8 | ) |  |  | (17,603.3 | ) |  |  | (33,022.3 | )
|  |  | 47,899.3 |  |  |  | 45,602.6 |  |  |  | 46,720.2 |
| (i) | Variance resulting from the change in the billing method with direct effect on Gross sales and Discounts.
Services provided by distributors, such as the promotion of our brands and logistics services are considered as expense when separately identifiable.

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