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Accrued Expenses and Other Non-current Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses and Other Non-current Liabilities | 11. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022
Accrued compensation and benefits | $ | 4,307 |  |  | $ | 4,967 |
Accrued property and other taxes | 5,586 |  |  | 3,293 |
Accrued customer liabilities and deposits | 4,284 |  |  | 5,233 |
Accrued professional and other service provider fees | 2,010 |  |  | 1,190 |
Accrued inventory | 1,210 |  |  | 874 |
Short-term lease liability | 3,004 |  |  | 2,747 |
Accrued interest | 3,942 |  |  | 1,291 |
Other accrued expenses | 2,615 |  |  | 2,959 |
Total accrued expenses | $ | 26,958 |  |  | $ | 22,554 |
Accrued interest includes interest associated with the cash portion of the 13% Notes due in March 2024. Other accrued expenses include primarily vendor services, warranty reserve and occupancy costs. Other non-current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2023 |  | 2022
Asset retirement obligations (Note 1) | $ | 2,951 |  |  | $ | 2,953 |
Accrued interest | 7,429 |  |  | — |
Compound embedded derivative with the 2019 Facility Agreement (Note 8 and Note 9) | — |  |  | 122 |
Deferred tax liability (Note 13) | 329 |  |  | 322 |
Foreign tax contingencies | 503 |  |  | 530 |
Other | 53 |  |  | 68 |
Total other non-current liabilities | $ | 11,265 |  |  | $ | 3,995 |
Accrued interest includes interest associated with the PIK portion of the 13% Notes and the 2023 Funding Agreement. Foreign tax contingencies reflect primarily amounts owed by the Company's Brazilian subsidiary pursuant to refinancing programs in country.

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