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Plant Closure Provisions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Plant Closure Provisions
NOTE 10 – PLANT CLOSURE PROVISIONS
The liability for estimated closure costs of Innospec’s manufacturing facilities includes costs for decontamination and environmental remediation activities (“remediation”). The principal site giving rise to remediation liabilities is the manufacturing site at Ellesmere Port in the United Kingdom. There are also remediation liabilities on a smaller scale in respect of our other manufacturing sites in the U.S. and the rest of Europe.
Movements in the provisions are summarized as follows:
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
(in millions)
 
2019
   
2018
 
Total at January 1
  $
49.5
    $
46.1
 
Charge for the period
   
3.2
     
5.1
 
Utilized in the period
   
(3.1
)    
(2.1
)
Exchange effect
   
(0.4
)    
(0.2
)
                 
Total at September 30
   
49.2
     
48.9
 
Due within one year
   
(3.9
)    
(4.0
)
                 
Due after one year
  $
45.3
    $
44.9
 
Amounts due within one year refer to provisions where expenditure is expected to arise within one year of the balance sheet date.