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Note 4 - Labor Costs - Labor Costs (Included in Cost of Sales and in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of employee benefits [text block] |
4 |  | Labor costs (included in Cost of sales and in Selling, general and administrative expenses)
|  | Year ended December 31, |
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Wages, salaries and social security costs |  |  | 1,144,341 |  |  |  | 988,794 |  |  |  | 1,327,968 |
Severance indemnities |  |  | 34,497 |  |  |  | 73,741 |  |  |  | 176,950 |
Defined contribution plans |  |  | 12,401 |  |  |  | 10,758 |  |  |  | 13,286 |
Pension benefits - defined benefit plans |  |  | 15,066 |  |  |  | 10,563 |  |  |  | 14,813 |
Employee retention and long term incentive program |  |  | 15,441 |  |  |  | 16,474 |  |  |  | (5,660 | )
|  |  | 1,221,746 |  |  |  | 1,100,330 |  |  |  | 1,527,357 |
From discontinued operations |  |  | (853 | ) |  |  | (28,306 | ) |  |  | (24,665 | )
|  |  | 1,220,893 |  |  |  | 1,072,024 |  |  |  | 1,502,692 |
At year-end, the number of employees was 21,605 in 2017, 19,399 in 2016 and 21,741 in 2015. The following table shows the geographical distribution of the employees:
Country |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Argentina |  |  | 5,221 |  |  |  | 4,755 |  |  |  | 5,388 |
Mexico |  |  | 5,139 |  |  |  | 4,968 |  |  |  | 5,101 |
Brazil |  |  | 1,382 |  |  |  | 1,166 |  |  |  | 2,050 |
USA |  |  | 1,953 |  |  |  | 1,636 |  |  |  | 2,190 |
Italy |  |  | 2,088 |  |  |  | 1,979 |  |  |  | 2,030 |
Romania |  |  | 1,870 |  |  |  | 1,631 |  |  |  | 1,624 |
Canada |  |  | 919 |  |  |  | 473 |  |  |  | 546 |
Indonesia |  |  | 506 |  |  |  | 509 |  |  |  | 532 |
Colombia |  |  | 1,003 |  |  |  | 750 |  |  |  | 636 |
Japan |  |  | 410 |  |  |  | 458 |  |  |  | 508 |
Other |  |  | 1,114 |  |  |  | 1,074 |  |  |  | 1,136 |
|  |  | 21,605 |  |  |  | 19,399 |  |  |  | 21,741 |
From discontinued operations |  |  | - |  |  |  | (323 | ) |  |  | (292 | )
|  |  | 21,605 |  |  |  | 19,076 |  |  |  | 21,449 |

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