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Financial risk management (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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.
 
 2021
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Net monetary position
(Liability)/ Asset
Argentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Argentine Peso(33,002)— — — (33,002)
Brazilian Reais— (396,288)— — (396,288)
U.S. Dollar(267,448)(270,213)21,773 30,490 (485,398)
Uruguayan Peso— — (1,837)— (1,837)
Total(300,450)(666,501)19,936 30,490 (916,525)
 
 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)
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
2021U.S. Dollar(26,745)(27,021)2,177 (51,589)
2020U.S. Dollar(19,335)(30,761)2,072 (48,024)
Schedule of Maturity Analysis for Derivative and 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, 2021Less than
1 year
Between
1 and 2 years
Between 2
and 5 years
Over
5 Years
Total
Trade and other payables153,175 15 22 247 153,459 
Borrowings153,311 57,849 245,538 577,178 1,033,876 
Leases Liabilities 53,384 53,172 122,625 123,180 352,361 
Derivative financial instruments1,283 — — — 1,283 
Total361,153 111,036 368,185 700,605 1,540,979 
 
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 Liabilities36,714 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 
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 debt holder. These analyses are performed after giving effect to interest rate swaps.

 The analysis for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:
 2021
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Rate per currency denominationArgentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Fixed rate:    
Argentine Peso11,769 — — — 11,769 
Brazilian Reais— 10,887 — — 10,887 
U.S. Dollar96,456 342,522 — 165,173 604,151 
Subtotal fixed-rate borrowings108,225 353,409  165,173 626,807 
Variable rate:   
Brazilian Reais— 169,597 — — 169,597 
U.S. Dollar19,793 1,454 — — 21,247 
Subtotal variable-rate borrowings19,793 171,051   190,844 
Total borrowings as per statement of financial position128,018 524,460  165,173 817,651 
 
 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. Dollar30,671 423,286 2,002 157,565 613,524 
Subtotal fixed-rate borrowings111,954 446,120 2,002 157,565 717,641 
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 position178,538 632,985 2,002 157,565 971,090 
 
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, 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.
 2021
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Rate per currency denominationArgentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reais
Uruguayan
Peso
U.S. DollarTotal
Variable rate:    
Brazilian Reais— (2)— — (2)
U.S. Dollar— — — — 
Total effects on profit before income tax (2)  (2)
 
 2020
 Subsidiaries’ functional currency
Rate per currency denominationArgentine
Peso
Brazilian
Reias
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)
Schedule of Capital Risk Management During the year ended December 31, 2021, the strategy was to maintain the gearing ratio within 0.40 to 0.60, as follows:
 20212020
Total borrowings817,651 971,090 
Total equity1,047,830 963,724 
Total capital1,865,481 1,934,814 
Gearing ratio0.44 0.50 
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, 2021:
 2021
Type of
derivative contract
Quantities
(thousands)
(**)
Notional
amount
Fair
Value Asset/
(Liability)
(Loss)/Gain
(*)
Futures:    
Sale    
Corn935 157 157 
Soybean55 17,782 (1,283)(1,283)
Sugar87 35,922 671 292 
Total148 54,639 (455)(834)
 
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 
(*) 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.