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Note 22 - Current Allowances and Provisions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of detailed information about current allowances and provisions deducted from assets [text block] |
Year ended December 31, 2018 |  | Allowance for doubtful accounts - Trade receivables |  | Allowance for other doubtful accounts - Other receivables |  | Allowance for inventory obsolescence
Values at the beginning of the year |  |  | (78,385 | ) |  |  | (6,255 | ) |  |  | (216,068 | )
Effect of adoption of new standards |  |  | 6,423 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Translation differences |  |  | 329 |  |  |  | 359 |  |  |  | 3,575 |
Additional allowances |  |  | (1,751 | ) |  |  | (1,179 | ) |  |  | (25,457 | )
Used |  |  | 6,849 |  |  |  | 291 |  |  |  | 28,154 |
At December 31, 2018 |  |  | (66,535 | ) |  |  | (6,784 | ) |  |  | (209,796 | )
Year ended December 31, 2017 |  | Allowance for doubtful accounts - Trade receivables |  | Allowance for other doubtful accounts - Other receivables |  | Allowance for inventory obsolescence
Values at the beginning of the year |  |  | (85,724 | ) |  |  | (6,332 | ) |  |  | (240,242 | )
Translation differences |  |  | (345 | ) |  |  | (220 | ) |  |  | (3,575 | )
Reversals / (additional) allowances |  |  | 5,421 |  |  |  | (84 | ) |  |  | 12,917 |
Used |  |  | 2,263 |  |  |  | 381 |  |  |  | 14,832 |
At December 31, 2017 |  |  | (78,385 | ) |  |  | (6,255 | ) |  |  | (216,068 | )
Disclosure of detailed information about current allowances and provisions from liabilities [text block] |
Year ended December 31, 2018 |  | Sales risks |  | Other claims and contingencies |  | Total
Values at the beginning of the year |  |  | 11,396 |  |  |  | 20,934 |  |  |  | 32,330 |
Translation differences |  |  | (103 | ) |  |  | (2,205 | ) |  |  | (2,308 | )
Additional provisions |  |  | 2,638 |  |  |  | 6,463 |  |  |  | 9,101 |
Reclassifications |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2,406 |  |  |  | 2,406 |
Used |  |  | (7,117 | ) |  |  | (10,129 | ) |  |  | (17,246 | )
At December 31, 2018 |  |  | 6,814 |  |  |  | 17,469 |  |  |  | 24,283 |
Year ended December 31, 2017 |  | Sales risks |  | Other claims and contingencies |  | Total
Values at the beginning of the year |  |  | 13,885 |  |  |  | 8,871 |  |  |  | 22,756 |
Translation differences |  |  | 247 |  |  |  | 227 |  |  |  | 474 |
Additional provisions |  |  | 4,238 |  |  |  | 9,432 |  |  |  | 13,670 |
Reclassifications |  |  | - |  |  |  | 7,591 |  |  |  | 7,591 |
Used |  |  | (6,974 | ) |  |  | (5,187 | ) |  |  | (12,161 | )
At December 31, 2017 |  |  | 11,396 |  |  |  | 20,934 |  |  |  | 32,330 |

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