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Note 2 - Cost of Sales | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of cost of sales [text block] |
| 2 | Cost of sales
|  | Year ended December 31, |
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Inventories at the beginning of the year |  |  | 2,524,341 |  |  |  | 2,368,304 |  |  |  | 1,563,889 |
Increase in inventory due to business combinations |  |  | 52,966 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Plus: Charges of the year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Raw materials, energy, consumables and other |  |  | 2,709,629 |  |  |  | 3,400,396 |  |  |  | 2,794,503 |
Services and fees |  |  | 222,415 |  |  |  | 275,130 |  |  |  | 244,035 |
Labor cost |  |  | 870,261 |  |  |  | 855,040 |  |  |  | 778,408 |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment |  |  | 428,791 |  |  |  | 432,497 |  |  |  | 383,490 |
Amortization of intangible assets |  |  | 5,948 |  |  |  | 8,220 |  |  |  | 18,621 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  |  | 28,727 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Maintenance expenses |  |  | 284,758 |  |  |  | 185,782 |  |  |  | 183,370 |
Allowance for obsolescence |  |  | 29,138 |  |  |  | 25,457 |  |  |  | (12,917 | )
Taxes |  |  | 100,738 |  |  |  | 133,308 |  |  |  | 18,542 |
Other |  |  | 115,663 |  |  |  | 119,507 |  |  |  | 88,823 |
|  |  | 4,849,034 |  |  |  | 5,435,337 |  |  |  | 4,496,875 |
Less: Inventories at the end of the year |  |  | (2,265,880 | ) |  |  | (2,524,341 | ) |  |  | (2,368,304 | )
From discontinued operations |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (7,403 | )
|  |  | 5,107,495 |  |  |  | 5,279,300 |  |  |  | 3,685,057 |

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