Note 3 - Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Selling, general and administrative expense [abstract]

Note 3 - Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

3 Selling, general and administrative expenses

		Year ended December 31,
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	2020		2019		2018

Services and fees		115,883		153,773		128,090
Labor cost (*)		444,436		481,854		470,928
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		26,814		18,524		16,968
Amortization of intangible assets		82,355		41,967		206,672
Depreciation of right-of-use assets		17,664		15,564		-
Commissions, freight and other selling expenses		310,815		441,442		491,555
Provisions for contingencies		11,957		28,565		23,498
Allowances for doubtful accounts		4,644		(16,256)		1,751
Taxes		63,234		110,876		71,110
Other		41,425		89,665		99,404
		1,119,227		1,365,974		1,509,976

(*) For the year ended December 2020, 2019 and 2018, labor cost includes approximately $61.2 million, $7.4 million and $10.2 million respectively of severance indemnities related to the adjustment of the workforce to market conditions.