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Note 27 - Cash Flow Disclosures - Cash Flow Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Inventories | $ (804,415) | $ 244,720 | $ 936,402 |
Receivables and prepayments and Current tax assets | (6,662) | 70,874 | 60,009 |
Trade receivables | (259,375) | 146,824 | 828,265 |
Other liabilities | 4,226 | (79,046) | (123,904) |
Customer advances | 17,039 | (95,112) | 1,171 |
Trade payables | 193,905 | 59,939 | (327,958) |
| (855,282) | 348,199 | 1,373,985 |
Income tax accruals less payments |  |  |  |
Tax accrued | (17,136) | 41,441 | 244,505 |
Taxes paid | (176,853) | (169,520) | (335,585) |
| (193,989) | (128,079) | (91,080) |
Interest accruals less payments, net |  |  |  |
Interest accrued | (20,534) | (43,872) | (11,517) |
Interest received | 50,001 | 60,163 | 56,835 |
Interest paid | (17,917) | (18,858) | (18,696) |
| 11,550 | (2,567) | 26,622 |
Cash at banks, liquidity funds and short - term investments | 330,221 | 399,900 | 286,547 |
Bank overdrafts | (131) | (1,320) | (349) |
| $ 330,090 | $ 398,580 | $ 286,198 | $ 416,445

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