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Trade payables and other current liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Trade payables and other current liabilities [Abstract] |
Trade payable and other current liabilities | Trade payable and other current liabilities as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are as follows:
| Balance as June 30, |  |  | Balance as December 31, |
| 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
| ($ in thousands) |
Trade accounts payable |  |  | 97,970 |  |  |  | 107,662 |
Down payments from clients |  |  | 6,483 |  |  |  | 6,466 |
Other accounts payable |  |  | 49,464 |  |  |  | 41,016 |
Total |  |  | 153,917 |  |  |  | 155,144 |

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