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Accounts Receivable (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule of accounts receivable | Accounts receivable consist of the following:
(In thousands) |  | June 30 2020 |  | December 31 2019
Trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 413,638 |  |  | $ | 323,502 |
Less: Allowance for expected credit losses and doubtful accounts (a) (b) |  | (7,073) |  |  | (13,512) |
Trade accounts receivable, net |  | $ | 406,565 |  |  | $ | 309,990 |
Other receivables (c) |  | $ | 19,601 |  |  | $ | 21,265 |
(a) The decrease in the allowance for expected credit losses and doubtful accounts is the final write-off of previously fully-reserved balances in the Harsco Environmental Segment. (b) Upon the acquisition of ESOL, trade accounts receivable were recorded at $124.1 million, which included approximately $12.1 million of allowance for expected credit losses that was netted against the gross receivable balance as of the acquisition date. (c) Other receivables include employee receivables, insurance receivable, tax claims and other miscellaneous items not included in Trade accounts receivable, net. At June 30, 2020 the amortized cost of the note receivable was $35.0 million, compared with a fair value of $34.7 million.
(In thousands) |  | June 30 2020 |  | December 31 2019
Note receivable |  | $ | 34,977 |  |  | $ | — |
Schedule of provision for doubtful accounts related to trade accounts receivable | The change in the provision for expected credit losses and doubtful accounts related to trade accounts receivable was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  |  | Six Months Ended |  |
|  | June 30 |  |  |  | June 30 |  |
(In thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Provision for expected credit losses and doubtful accounts related to trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 5,433 |  |  | $ | 237 |  |  | $ | 5,423 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the various types of trade accounts and notes receivable and for each the gross carrying value, allowance, and net carrying value as of the balance sheet date. Presentation is categorized by current, noncurrent and unclassified receivables. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3,4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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