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Financial risk management (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [abstract]  
Schedule of Nature and Extent of Risks Arising from Financial Instruments
The following tables show the net monetary position of the respective subsidiaries within the Group categorized by functional currency. Non-U.S. Dollar amounts are presented in U.S. Dollars for purpose of these tables.
 
 2020
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Net monetary position
(Liability)/ Asset
Argentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Argentine Peso(115,097)— — (288)(115,385)
Brazilian Reais— (298,039)— — (298,039)
U.S. Dollar(193,353)(307,611)20,720 47,122 (433,122)
Uruguayan Peso— — (655)— (655)
Total(308,450)(605,650)20,065 46,834 (847,201)
 
 2019
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Net monetary position
(Liability)/ Asset
Argentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Argentine Peso(19,733)— — (560)(20,293)
Brazilian Reais— (196,081)— — (196,081)
U.S. Dollar(317,296)(438,604)21,586 48,091 (686,223)
Uruguayan Peso— — (2,086)— (2,086)
Total(337,029)(634,685)19,500 47,531 (904,683)
A portion of this effect would have been recognized as other comprehensive income since a portion of the Company’s borrowings was used as cash flow hedge of the foreign exchange rate risk of a portion of its highly probable future sales in U.S. Dollars (see Hedge Accounting - Cash Flow Hedge below for details).
 Functional currency
Net monetary positionArgentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
Total
2020U.S. Dollar(19,335)(30,761)2,072 (48,024)
2019U.S. Dollar(31,730)(43,860)2,159 (73,431)
Schedule of Maturity Analysis for Non-Derivative Financial Liabilities
The tables below analyzes the Group’s non-derivative financial liabilities and derivative financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining period at the statement of financial position to the contractual maturity date. The amounts disclosed in the table are the contractual undiscounted cash flows and as a result they do not reconcile to the amounts disclosed on the statement of financial position except for short-term payables where discounting is not applied.
 
At December 31, 2020Less than
1 year
Between
1 and 2 years
Between 2
and 5 years
Over
5 Years
Total
Trade and other payables114,523 15 22 253 114,813 
Borrowings286,588 132,266 197,941 713,321 1,330,116 
Leases Liabilities 36,714 20,608 74,565 65,639 197,526 
Derivative financial instruments13,141 — — — 13,141 
Total450,966 152,889 272,528 779,213 1,655,596 
 
At December 31, 2019Less than
1 year
Between
1 and 2 years
Between 2
and 5 years
Over
5 Years
Total
Trade and other payables94,821 3,399 30 170 98,420 
Borrowings122,403 154,682 230,058 681,819 1,188,962 
Leases Liabilities46,370 52,372 89,259 121,081 309,082 
Derivative financial instruments1,423 — — — 1,423 
Total265,017 210,453 319,347 803,070 1,597,887 
Schedule of Maturity Analysis for Derivative Financial Liabilities
The tables below analyzes the Group’s non-derivative financial liabilities and derivative financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining period at the statement of financial position to the contractual maturity date. The amounts disclosed in the table are the contractual undiscounted cash flows and as a result they do not reconcile to the amounts disclosed on the statement of financial position except for short-term payables where discounting is not applied.
 
At December 31, 2020Less than
1 year
Between
1 and 2 years
Between 2
and 5 years
Over
5 Years
Total
Trade and other payables114,523 15 22 253 114,813 
Borrowings286,588 132,266 197,941 713,321 1,330,116 
Leases Liabilities 36,714 20,608 74,565 65,639 197,526 
Derivative financial instruments13,141 — — — 13,141 
Total450,966 152,889 272,528 779,213 1,655,596 
 
At December 31, 2019Less than
1 year
Between
1 and 2 years
Between 2
and 5 years
Over
5 Years
Total
Trade and other payables94,821 3,399 30 170 98,420 
Borrowings122,403 154,682 230,058 681,819 1,188,962 
Leases Liabilities46,370 52,372 89,259 121,081 309,082 
Derivative financial instruments1,423 — — — 1,423 
Total265,017 210,453 319,347 803,070 1,597,887 
Schedule of Financial Instruments by Type of Interest Rate
The following tables show a breakdown of the Group’s fixed-rate and floating-rate borrowings per currency denomination and functional currency of the subsidiary issuing the loans. These analyses are performed after giving effect to interest rate swaps.

 The analysis for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:
 2020
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Rate per currency denominationArgentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Fixed rate:    
Argentine Peso81,283 — — — 81,283 
Brazilian Reais— 22,834 — — 22,834 
U.S. Dollar30,671 75,592 2,002 505,259 613,524 
Subtotal fixed-rate borrowings111,954 98,426 2,002 505,259 717,641 
Variable rate:   
Brazilian Reais— 184,123 — — 184,123 
U.S. Dollar66,584 2,742 — — 69,326 
Subtotal variable-rate borrowings66,584 186,865   253,449 
Total borrowings as per statement of financial position178,538 285,291 2,002 505,259 971,090 
  
 2019
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Rate per currency denominationArgentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Fixed rate:    
Argentine Peso549 — — — 549 
Brazilian Reais— 142,142 — — 142,142 
U.S. Dollar128,464 77,378 15,113 504,814 725,769 
Subtotal fixed-rate borrowings129,013 219,520 15,113 504,814 868,460 
Variable rate:   
Brazilian Reais— 13,604 — — 13,604 
U.S. Dollar79,339 6,877 — — 86,216 
Subtotal variable-rate borrowings79,339 20,481   99,820 
Total borrowings as per statement of financial position208,352 240,001 15,113 504,814 968,280 
 
For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, if interest rates on floating-rate borrowings had been 1% higher with all other variables held constant, the Group’s Profit before income tax for the years would have decreased as shown below. A 1% decrease in interest rates would have an equal and opposite effect on the income statement.
 2020
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Rate per currency denominationArgentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Variable rate:    
Brazilian Reais— (1,841)— — (1,841)
U.S. Dollar(666)(27)— (693)
Total effects on profit before income tax(666)(1,868)  (2,534)
 
 2019
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Rate per currency denominationArgentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reias
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Variable rate:    
Brazilian Reais— (136)— — (136)
U.S. Dollar(793)(69)— — (862)
Total effects on profit before income tax(793)(205)  (998)
Schedule of Capital Risk Management During the year ended December 31, 2020, the strategy was to maintain the gearing ratio within 0.40 to 0.60, as follows:
 20202019
Total borrowings971,090 968,280 
Total equity963,724 1,028,883 
Total capital1,934,814 1,997,163 
Gearing ratio0.50 0.48 
Schedule of Financial Instruments
The following tables show the outstanding positions for each type of derivative contract as of the date of each statement of financial position:

 Futures/ options

As of December 31, 2020:
 2020
Type of
derivative contract
Quantities
(thousands)
(**)
Notional
amount
Fair
Value Asset/
(Liability)
(Loss)/Gain
(*)
Futures:    
Sale    
Corn52 6,027 (2,846)2,846 
Soybean32 7,242 (3,380)3,380 
Wheat(19)(4,272)151 (151)
Sugar217 63,025 (6,738)5,538 
Ethanol277 (20)
Total283 72,299 (12,833)11,616 
 
As of December 31, 2019:
 2019
Type of
derivative contract
Quantities
(thousands)
(**)
Notional
amount
Fair
Value Asset/
(Liability)
(Loss)/Gain
(*)
Futures:    
Sale    
Corn221 923 445 (446)
Soybean107 7,118 759 (687)
Wheat13 515 (28)28 
Sugar101 29,409 (1,342)1,155 
Total442 37,965 (166)50 
(*) Included in the line item “(Loss) / Gain from commodity derivative financial instruments” of Note 8.
(**) All quantities expressed in tons and m3.
Commodity future contract fair values are computed with reference to quoted market prices on future exchanges.