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Note 4 - Labor costs (included in Cost of sales and in Selling, general and administrative expenses) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
4. Labor costs (included in Cost of sales and in Selling, general and administrative expenses) |
Disclosure of detailed information about labor costs [text block] |
|  |  | Year ended December 31, |
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Wages, salaries and social security costs |  |  | 1,036,211 |  |  |  | 1,274,474 |  |  |  | 1,250,783 |
Severance indemnities |  |  | 142,458 |  |  |  | 24,637 |  |  |  | 25,225 |
Defined contribution plans |  |  | 12,442 |  |  |  | 12,663 |  |  |  | 13,217 |
Pension benefits - defined benefit plans |  |  | 11,097 |  |  |  | 18,207 |  |  |  | 15,390 |
Employee retention and long term incentive program |  |  | (413 | ) |  |  | 22,134 |  |  |  | 21,353 |
|  |  | 1,201,795 |  |  |  | 1,352,115 |  |  |  | 1,325,968 |
Disclosure of information about employees [text block] |
Country |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Mexico |  |  | 4,501 |  |  |  | 5,370 |  |  |  | 5,595 |
Argentina |  |  | 4,376 |  |  |  | 5,405 |  |  |  | 5,427 |
Italy |  |  | 2,039 |  |  |  | 2,144 |  |  |  | 2,155 |
USA |  |  | 1,596 |  |  |  | 2,255 |  |  |  | 2,382 |
Romania |  |  | 1,552 |  |  |  | 1,815 |  |  |  | 1,852 |
Brazil |  |  | 1,360 |  |  |  | 1,360 |  |  |  | 1,287 |
Colombia |  |  | 746 |  |  |  | 1,040 |  |  |  | 1,082 |
Canada |  |  | 561 |  |  |  | 772 |  |  |  | 1,030 |
Indonesia |  |  | 521 |  |  |  | 616 |  |  |  | 554 |
Japan |  |  | 399 |  |  |  | 400 |  |  |  | 399 |
Other |  |  | 1,377 |  |  |  | 2,023 |  |  |  | 1,204 |
|  |  | 19,028 |  |  |  | 23,200 |  |  |  | 22,967 |

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