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Other liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of other liabilities [Abstract] |
Disclosure of other liabilities [text block] |
13. | Other liabilities
Following is a summary of other liabilities:
|  | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |
Accruals and other accumulated expenses |  |  | 8,018 |  |  | 4,170 |
Accounts payable |  |  | 9,307 |  |  | 11,179 |
Others |  |  | 3,226 |  |  | 2,979 |
|  |  | 20,551 |  |  | 18,328 |

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