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Long-term borrowings and debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Tabular Disclosure Related To Long Term Borrowings And Debt [Table Text Block] | Borrowings consist of long-term and syndicated loans obtained from international banks. Debt instruments consist of Euro-Notes and issuances in Latin America. The breakdown of borrowings and long-term debt (original maturity of more than one year), together with contractual interest rates, is as follows:
|  | December 31, |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Borrowings: |  |  |  |  |  |
At fixed interest rates with due dates in June 2015 |  | 25,000 |  |  | 1,435 |
At floating interest rates with due dates from March 2014 to December 2016 |  | 506,346 |  |  | 1,296,785 |
Total borrowings |  | 531,346 |  |  | 1,298,220 |
Debt: |  |  |  |  |  |
At fixed interest rates with due dates from November 2014 to April 2017 |  | 444,719 |  |  | 453,373 |
At floating interest rates with due dates from March 2015 to July 2016 |  | 177,806 |  |  | 153,947 |
Total debt |  | 622,525 |  |  | 607,320 |
Total long-term borrowings and debt outstanding |  | 1,153,871 |  |  | 1,905,540 |
Average outstanding balance during the year |  | 1,317,983 |  |  | 1,893,580 |
Maximum outstanding balance at any month-end |  | 1,893,149 |  |  | 2,152,584 |
Fixed interest rates on borrowings and debt in U.S. dollars |  | 1.50% to 3.75 | % |  | 3.75 | %
Range of floating interest rates on borrowings and debt in U.S. dollars |  | 0.52% to 1.77 | % |  | 0.68% to 2.40 | %
Range of fixed interest rates on borrowings and debt in Mexican pesos |  | - |  |  | 7.60% to 9.90 | %
Range of floating interest rates on borrowings and debt in Mexican pesos |  | 4.44% to 5.29 | % |  | 5.50% to 6.34 | %
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Fixed interest rate on debt in Peruvian nuevos soles |  | 6.50 | % |  | 6.50 | %
Weighted average interest rate at the end of the year |  | 3.06 | % |  | 2.92 | %
Weighted average interest rate during the year |  | 3.08 | % |  | 2.74 | %
The balances of long-term borrowings and debt by currency, is as follows:
|  | December 31, |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Currency |  |  |  |  |
U.S. dollar |  | 866,975 |  | 1,518,592 |
Mexican peso |  | 242,916 |  | 338,760 |
Peruvian nuevo sol |  | 43,980 |  | 48,188 |
Total |  | 1,153,871 |  | 1,905,540 |
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | The future remaining maturities of long-term borrowings and debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013, are as follows:
(In thousands of US$) |  |  |
Due in: |  | Outstanding |
2014 |  | 352,085 |
2015 |  | 197,989 |
2016 |  | 203,058 |
2017 |  | 400,739 |
|  | 1,153,871 |

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