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Land Use Rights | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Land Use Rights | Land Use Rights The Company has acquired rights to use certain properties for periods ranging from 20 to 29 years. The land use rights recorded for EMEAA have a combined net carrying value of $1,141 and $43,766 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The land use rights recorded for Mexico have a net carrying value of $1,572 and $1,509 at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The land use rights recorded at net carrying value on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets are summarized as follows:
December 31, | 2017 |  | 2016
Cost | $ | 3,453 |  |  | $ | 48,733 |
Less: Accumulated amortization | (740 | ) |  | (3,458 | )
Land use rights, net | $ | 2,713 |  |  | $ | 45,275 |
Approximately $43,600 of land use rights is included in the held-for-sale assets recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2017. For further description of the held-for-sale amounts, see Note 3, Assets Held for Sale; the carrying value of the land use rights is included within "Other long-term assets" in the table in that footnote. Amortization expense of land use rights was $1,460, $1,460 and $1,496 for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of December 31, 2017, amortization expense related to land use rights for the next five years and thereafter is as follows:
2018 | $ | 201 |
2019 | 194 |
2020 | 194 |
2021 | 194 |
2022 | 194 |
Thereafter | 1,736 |
Total | $ | 2,713 |

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