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Note 14 - Receivables and Prepayments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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14 | Receivables and prepayments
|  | Year ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Prepaid expenses and other receivables |  |  | 31,599 |  |  |  | 36,587 |
Government entities |  |  | 2,182 |  |  |  | 2,085 |
Employee advances and loans |  |  | 6,521 |  |  |  | 12,205 |
Advances to suppliers and other advances |  |  | 23,467 |  |  |  | 25,205 |
Government tax refunds on exports |  |  | 4,896 |  |  |  | 17,353 |
Receivables from related parties |  |  | 63,321 |  |  |  | 28,397 |
Miscellaneous |  |  | 30,683 |  |  |  | 20,122 |
|  |  | 162,669 |  |  |  | 141,954 |
Allowance for other doubtful accounts (see Note 22 (i)) |  |  | (6,784 | ) |  |  | (6,255 | )
|  |  | 155,885 |  |  |  | 135,699 |

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