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Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Dividends received | $ 105,000 | $ 100,000 | $ 96,000
Maximum borrowing capacity | 275,334,000 | $ 250,923,000 |
Unused portion of the credit lines | $ 182,000,000 |  |
Liquidity discount | 30.00% | 30.00% |
Line Of Credit 1 [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Unused portion of the credit lines | $ 182,361,000 | $ 144,478,000 |
Letters of Credit [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Unused portion of the credit lines | 92,256,000 | 74,911,000 |
Open letters of credit [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Unused portion of the credit lines | 22,426,000 | 37,559,000 |
Foreign currency forward contracts [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Outstanding forward contracts, notional amount | $ (9,400,000) | $ (18,900,000) |

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