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Trade payables and other current liabilities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Trade payables and other current liabilities [Abstract] |
Trade payable and other current liabilities | Trade payable and other current liabilities as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are as follows:
|  | Balance as September 30, |  |  | Balance as December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Trade accounts payable |  |  | 82,038 |  |  |  | 107,662 |
Down payments from clients |  |  | 6,387 |  |  |  | 6,466 |
Other accounts payable |  |  | 45,207 |  |  |  | 41,016 |
Total |  |  | 133,632 |  |  |  | 155,144 |

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