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Note 4 - Labor Costs - Labor Costs (Included in Cost of Sales and in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of detailed information about labor costs [text block] |
|  | Year ended December 31, |
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Wages, salaries and social security costs |  |  | 1,250,783 |  |  |  | 1,144,341 |  |  |  | 988,794 |
Severance indemnities |  |  | 25,225 |  |  |  | 34,497 |  |  |  | 73,741 |
Defined contribution plans |  |  | 13,217 |  |  |  | 12,401 |  |  |  | 10,758 |
Pension benefits - defined benefit plans |  |  | 15,390 |  |  |  | 15,066 |  |  |  | 10,563 |
Employee retention and long term incentive program |  |  | 21,353 |  |  |  | 15,441 |  |  |  | 16,474 |
|  |  | 1,325,968 |  |  |  | 1,221,746 |  |  |  | 1,100,330 |
From discontinued operations |  |  | - |  |  |  | (853 | ) |  |  | (28,306 | )
|  |  | 1,325,968 |  |  |  | 1,220,893 |  |  |  | 1,072,024 |
Disclosure of information about number of employees [text block] |
Country |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Mexico |  |  | 5,728 |  |  |  | 5,139 |  |  |  | 4,968 |
Argentina |  |  | 5,569 |  |  |  | 5,221 |  |  |  | 4,755 |
USA |  |  | 2,410 |  |  |  | 1,953 |  |  |  | 1,636 |
Italy |  |  | 2,173 |  |  |  | 2,088 |  |  |  | 1,979 |
Romania |  |  | 1,877 |  |  |  | 1,870 |  |  |  | 1,631 |
Brazil |  |  | 1,374 |  |  |  | 1,382 |  |  |  | 1,166 |
Colombia |  |  | 1,106 |  |  |  | 1,003 |  |  |  | 750 |
Canada |  |  | 1,034 |  |  |  | 919 |  |  |  | 473 |
Indonesia |  |  | 554 |  |  |  | 506 |  |  |  | 509 |
Japan |  |  | 399 |  |  |  | 410 |  |  |  | 458 |
Other |  |  | 1,248 |  |  |  | 1,114 |  |  |  | 1,074 |
|  |  | 23,472 |  |  |  | 21,605 |  |  |  | 19,399 |
From discontinued operations |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (323 | )
|  |  | 23,472 |  |  |  | 21,605 |  |  |  | 19,076 |

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