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Accounts receivable, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule of components of accounts receivable, net |
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2018
|  | RMB |  | RMB
Other trade receivables (Note a) |  | 4,611,930 |  | 5,302,391
Delivery service providers (Note b) |  | 298,124 |  | 458,488
Others |  | 18,364 |  | 31,396
Subtotal |  | 4,928,418 |  | 5,792,275
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts |  | (124,891) |  | (117,544)
Total |  | 4,803,527 |  | 5,674,731
Note: (a) The Group provides consumer financing to certain customers as part of the Group’s Internet financing business. As of December 31, 2017 and 2018, RMB 1.0 billion and RMB1.2 billion receivables from customer financing were collateralized for the issuance of asset-backed debts, respectively. Details of the securitization debt are set out in Note 18. (b) For certain sales transactions, third party delivery service providers will collect payments from the Group’s customers upon delivery of goods, and remit such payments back to the Group on a periodic basis.
Accounts receivable, net |
Schedule of movement of allowance for doubtful debts |
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018
|  | RMB |  | RMB |  | RMB
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of the year |  | — |  | (46,209) |  | (124,891)
Provision for allowance during the year |  | (53,316) |  | (111,183) |  | (166,396)
Write-offs during the year |  | 7,107 |  | 32,501 |  | 173,743
Balance at end of the year |  | (46,209) |  | (124,891) |  | (117,544)

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