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Note 4 - Labor Costs - Labor Costs (Included in Cost of Sales and in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of employee benefits [text block] |
| 4 | Labor costs (included in Cost of sales and in Selling, general and administrative expenses)
|  | Year ended December 31, |
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Wages, salaries and social security costs |  |  | 1,274,474 |  |  |  | 1,250,783 |  |  |  | 1,144,341 |
Severance indemnities |  |  | 24,637 |  |  |  | 25,225 |  |  |  | 34,497 |
Defined contribution plans |  |  | 12,663 |  |  |  | 13,217 |  |  |  | 12,401 |
Pension benefits - defined benefit plans |  |  | 18,207 |  |  |  | 15,390 |  |  |  | 15,066 |
Employee retention and long term incentive program |  |  | 22,134 |  |  |  | 21,353 |  |  |  | 15,441 |
|  |  | 1,352,115 |  |  |  | 1,325,968 |  |  |  | 1,221,746 |
From discontinued operations |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (853 | )
|  |  | 1,352,115 |  |  |  | 1,325,968 |  |  |  | 1,220,893 |
The following table shows the geographical distribution of the employees:
Country |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Argentina |  |  | 5,405 |  |  |  | 5,427 |  |  |  | 5,221 |
Mexico |  |  | 5,370 |  |  |  | 5,595 |  |  |  | 5,139 |
USA |  |  | 2,255 |  |  |  | 2,382 |  |  |  | 1,953 |
Italy |  |  | 2,144 |  |  |  | 2,155 |  |  |  | 2,088 |
Romania |  |  | 1,815 |  |  |  | 1,852 |  |  |  | 1,870 |
Brazil |  |  | 1,360 |  |  |  | 1,287 |  |  |  | 1,382 |
Colombia |  |  | 1,040 |  |  |  | 1,082 |  |  |  | 1,003 |
Canada |  |  | 772 |  |  |  | 1,030 |  |  |  | 919 |
Indonesia |  |  | 616 |  |  |  | 554 |  |  |  | 506 |
Japan |  |  | 400 |  |  |  | 399 |  |  |  | 410 |
Other |  |  | 2,023 |  |  |  | 1,204 |  |  |  | 1,114 |
|  |  | 23,200 |  |  |  | 22,967 |  |  |  | 21,605 |

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