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Note 15 - Receivables and Prepayments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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15 | Receivables and prepayments
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Prepaid expenses and other receivables |  |  | 36,587 |  |  |  | 28,278 |
Government entities |  |  | 2,085 |  |  |  | 3,052 |
Employee advances and loans |  |  | 12,205 |  |  |  | 10,458 |
Advances to suppliers and other advances |  |  | 25,205 |  |  |  | 16,088 |
Government tax refunds on exports |  |  | 17,353 |  |  |  | 9,350 |
Receivables from related parties |  |  | 28,397 |  |  |  | 24,742 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | 8,230 |  |  |  | 2,759 |
Miscellaneous |  |  | 20,122 |  |  |  | 36,320 |
|  |  | 150,184 |  |  |  | 131,047 |
Allowance for other doubtful accounts (see Note 23 (i)) |  |  | (6,255 | ) |  |  | (6,332 | )
|  |  | 143,929 |  |  |  | 124,715 |

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