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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Allowances for accounts receivable, trade

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Schedule of allowances

		Years Ended December 31,
		2015			2016			2017
		$			$			$
Beginning of the year			31,817			28,156			26,119
Allowances made (reversed) during the year, net			(1,084	)		(854	)		5,345
Accounts written-off against allowances			(858	)		(47	)		(174	)
Foreign exchange effect			(1,719	)		(1,136	)		1,651
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Closing balance			28,156			26,119			32,941
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Allowances for advances to suppliers

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Schedule of allowances

		Years Ended December 31,
		2015			2016			2017
		$			$			$
Beginning of the year			37,735			28,629			19,527
Allowances made (reversed) during the year, net			1,291			(5,427	)		(833	)
Accounts written-off against allowances			(9,465	)		(3,644	)		—
Foreign exchange effect			(932	)		(31	)		68
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Closing balance			28,629			19,527			18,762
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Allowances for other receivables

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Schedule of allowances

		Years Ended December 31,
		2015			2016			2017
		$			$			$
Beginning of the year			830			3,885			9,251
Allowances made during the year, net			3,257			5,954			549
Foreign exchange effect			(202	)		(588	)		549
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Closing balance			3,885			9,251			10,349
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Tabular disclosure of financing receivables (examples of financing receivables include loans, trade accounts receivable and notes receivable) and activity in the allowance for credit losses account.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 11B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953423-111524

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