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Inventories (Details Textual) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Inventories [Abstract] |  |  |
Current materials and supplies to be consumed in production process or rendering services | $ 347,100 | $ 333,194 |
Cost of inventories recognised as expense during period | 105,282,000 | 96,284,000 |
Cost of sales | $ 1,483,524,000 | $ 1,394,822,000 | $ 1,328,285,000

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- Definition The amount of costs relating to expenses directly or indirectly attributed to the goods or services sold, which may include, but are not limited to, costs previously included in the measurement of inventory that has now been sold, unallocated production overheads and abnormal amounts of production costs of inventories. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 99 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_99&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 103 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_103&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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