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Financial instruments (Details 4) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Numbers | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Employees Numbers
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Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Total Gross Book Value | $ 654,073 | $ 365,206
Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 1,517 | 1,587
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 599,637 | $ 325,726
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 126 | 110
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 1,027 | $ 1,860
Receivables due from related parties, current [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Total Gross Book Value | 86,869 | 70,146
Impairment Estimate | $ 717 | $ 7,545
Between 1 and 30 days [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Expected credit loss rate | 8.00% | 10.00%
Total Gross Book Value | $ 22,633 | $ 12,200
Impairment Estimate | $ 1,856 | $ 1,207
Between 1 and 30 days [Member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 112 | 119
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 22,632 | $ 12,140
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 0 | 8
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 0 | $ 60
Between 31 and 60 days [member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Expected credit loss rate | 32.00% | 39.00%
Total Gross Book Value | $ 2,113 | $ 1,226
Impairment Estimate | $ 673 | $ 477
Between 31 and 60 days [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 18 | 12
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 2,114 | $ 1,226
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 0 | 0
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 0 | $ 0
Between 61 and 90 days [member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Expected credit loss rate | 34.00% | 52.00%
Total Gross Book Value | $ 1,015 | $ 159
Impairment Estimate | $ 346 | $ 83
Between 61 and 90 days [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 11 | 5
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 1,015 | $ 159
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 0 | 0
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 0 | $ 0
More than 91 days [member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Expected credit loss rate | 71.00% | 79.00%
Total Gross Book Value | $ 3,874 | $ 11,883
Impairment Estimate | $ 2,753 | $ 9,367
Between 121 and 150 days [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 3 | 2
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 43 | $ 2,384
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 0 | 2
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 0 | $ 2
Between 151 and 180 days [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 3 | 3
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 4 | $ 1,398
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 0 | 4
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 0 | $ 12
Between 181 and 210 days [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 3 | 1
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 130 | $ 0
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 0 | 2
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 0 | $ 5
Between 211 and 250 days [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 1 | 3
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 1 | $ 2
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 2 | 6
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 4 | $ 114
More than 250 days [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 80 | 156
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 2,597 | $ 5,030
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 117 | 64
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 893 | $ 1,447
Current [member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Expected credit loss rate | 1.00% | 1.00%
Total Gross Book Value | $ 571,029 | $ 302,118
Impairment Estimate | $ 4,724 | $ 3,187
Current [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | 1,279 | 1,281
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 570,899 | $ 301,939
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | 7 | 23
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 130 | $ 179
Between 91 and 120 days [member] | Uncollateralized Portfolio [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Number of customers under no renegotiated terms | Numbers | 7 | 5
Portfolio under no renegotiated terms | $ 202 | $ 1,448
Number of customers under renegotiated terms | Numbers | 0 | 1
Portfolio under renegotiated terms, gross | $ 0 | $ 41
Trade [Member] |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |
Total Gross Book Value | 600,664 | 327,586
Impairment Estimate | $ 10,352 | $ 14,321

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