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Note 3 - 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 selling, general and administrative expenses [text block] |
|  | Year ended December 31, |
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Services and fees |  |  | 128,090 |  |  |  | 132,301 |  |  |  | 123,653 |
Labor cost |  |  | 470,928 |  |  |  | 443,338 |  |  |  | 441,355 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |  |  | 16,968 |  |  |  | 17,979 |  |  |  | 16,965 |
Amortization of intangible assets |  |  | 206,672 |  |  |  | 188,550 |  |  |  | 241,238 |
Commissions, freight and other selling expenses |  |  | 491,555 |  |  |  | 339,759 |  |  |  | 243,401 |
Provisions for contingencies |  |  | 23,498 |  |  |  | 17,664 |  |  |  | 30,841 |
Allowances for doubtful accounts |  |  | 1,751 |  |  |  | (5,421 | ) |  |  | (12,573 | )
Taxes |  |  | 71,110 |  |  |  | 56,826 |  |  |  | 67,724 |
Other |  |  | 99,404 |  |  |  | 81,061 |  |  |  | 76,563 |
|  |  | 1,509,976 |  |  |  | 1,272,057 |  |  |  | 1,229,167 |
From discontinued operations |  |  | - |  |  |  | (2,041 | ) |  |  | (32,238 | )
|  |  | 1,509,976 |  |  |  | 1,270,016 |  |  |  | 1,196,929 |

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