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INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
Summary of intangible assets |
|  |  |  |  |  | Customer |  |  |  |
|  | Supplier |  | Software |  | contracts and |  |  |  |
|  | relationships |  | development |  | relationships |  | Others |  | Total
Balance as of January 01, 2018 |  | 32,786 |  | 490,829 |  | 440,774 |  | 7,700 |  | 972,089
Foreign exchange effect |  | - |  | 28,598 |  | 77,593 |  | 1,243 |  | 107,434
Acquisition |  | - |  | 67,388 |  | - |  | - |  | 67,388
Disposal |  | - |  | (3,791) |  | (88) |  | - |  | (3,879)
Amortization |  | (6,067) |  | (167,384) |  | (130,980) |  | (2,505) |  | (306,936)
Balance as of December 31, 2018 |  | 26,719 |  | 415,640 |  | 387,299 |  | 6,438 |  | 836,096
Foreign exchange effect |  | - |  | 6,137 |  | 12,586 |  | 472 |  | 19,195
Acquisition |  | - |  | 100,313 |  | - |  | - |  | 100,313
Amortization |  | (5,304) |  | (157,278) |  | (116,462) |  | (3,298) |  | (282,342)
Balance as of December 31, 2019 |  | 21,415 |  | 364,812 |  | 283,423 |  | 3,612 |  | 673,262
Foreign exchange effect |  | - |  | 42,890 |  | 83,806 |  | 1,074 |  | 127,770
Acquisition |  | - |  | 154,250 |  | - |  | - |  | 154,250
Amortization |  | (4,637) |  | (188,083) |  | (136,525) |  | (3,459) |  | (332,704)
Balance as of December 31, 2020 |  | 16,778 |  | 373,869 |  | 230,704 |  | 1,227 |  | 622,578
Estimated useful lives |  | 5 to 20 years |  | 7 years |  | 5 to 20 years |  | 5 years |  |
Summary of intangible assets by segment |
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Brazil |  | 220,303 |  | 238,243 |  | 295,107
Special Steel |  | 156,557 |  | 132,934 |  | 136,910
South America |  | 1,534 |  | 1,729 |  | 1,441
North America |  | 244,184 |  | 300,356 |  | 402,638
|  | 622,578 |  | 673,262 |  | 836,096

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