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Financial income and expenses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Financial income and expenses [Abstract] |
Financial income | The following table sets forth our financial income and expenses for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:
|  | For the three-month period ended March 31, |
Financial income |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Interest income from loans and credits |  |  | 173 |  |  |  | 119 |
Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | 113 |  |  |  | 177 |
Total |  |  | 286 |  |  |  | 296 |
Financial expenses |
|  | For the three-month period ended March 31, |
Financial expenses |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Expenses due to interest: |  | ($ in thousands) |
- Loans from credit entities |  |  | (63,233 | ) |  |  | (63,751 | )
- Other debts |  |  | (23,822 | ) |  |  | (18,468 | )
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | (14,448 | ) |  |  | (17,848 | )
Total |  |  | (101,503 | ) |  |  | (100,067 | )
Other net financial income and expenses | The following table sets out ‘Other net financial income and expenses” for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019, and 2018:
|  | For the three-month period ended March 31, |
Other financial income / (expenses) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Other financial income |  |  | 5,633 |  |  |  | 2,171 |
Other financial losses |  |  | (4,571 | ) |  |  | (3,831 | )
Total |  |  | 1,062 |  |  |  | (1,660 | )

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