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Long-term borrowings and debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Tabular Disclosure Related To Long Term Borrowings And Debt [Table Text Block] | 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, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Borrowings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
At fixed interest rates with due dates from june 2015 to november 2016 |  |  | 65,000 |  |  |  | 25,000 |
At floating interest rates with due dates from may 2015 to november 2019 |  |  | 578,956 |  |  |  | 506,346 |
Total borrowings |  |  | 643,956 |  |  |  | 531,346 |
Debt: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
At fixed interest rates with due dates from april 2017 to march 2024 |  |  | 464,729 |  |  |  | 444,719 |
At floating interest rates with due dates from march 2015 to january 2018 |  |  | 296,834 |  |  |  | 177,806 |
Total debt |  |  | 761,563 |  |  |  | 622,525 |
Total long-term borrowings and debt |  |  | 1,405,519 |  |  |  | 1,153,871 |
Total long-term borrowings and debt outstanding |  |  | 1,388,708 |  |  |  | 1,317,983 |
Maximum oustanding balance at any month - end |  |  | 1,587,009 |  |  |  | 1,893,149 |
Range of fixed interest rates on borrowing and debt in U.S. dollars |  |  | 1.50% to 3.75% |  |  |  | 1.50% to 3.75% |
Range of floating interest rates on borrowing and debt in U.S. dollars |  |  | 0.72% to 1.76% |  |  |  | 0.52% to 1.77% |
Range of floating interest rates on borrowing and debt in Mexican peso |  |  | 3.67% to 3.96% |  |  |  | 4.44% to 5.29% |
Fixed interest rate on debt in Peruvian nuevos soles |  |  | - |  |  |  | 6.50 | %
Weighted average interest rate at the end of the period |  |  | 2.71 | % |  |  | 3.06 | %
Weighted average interest rate during the period |  |  | 2.86 | % |  |  | 3.08 | %
The balances of long-term borrowings and debt by currency, is as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Currency |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. dollar |  |  | 1,069,421 |  |  |  | 866,975 |
Mexican peso |  |  | 271,833 |  |  |  | 242,916 |
Peruvian nuevo sol |  |  | - |  |  |  | 43,980 |
Euro |  |  | 64,265 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 1,405,519 |  |  |  | 1,153,871 |
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, 2014, are as follows:
Due in |  | Oustanding |
2015 |  |  | 236,372 |
2016 |  |  | 288,455 |
2017 |  |  | 650,510 |
2018 |  |  | 135,917 |
2019 |  |  | 30,000 |
2024 |  |  | 64,265 |
|  |  | 1,405,519 |

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