Prepaid taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Disclosure of Prepaid taxess [Line Items]
V.A.T.	$ 27,674	$ 14,052
Income tax payments in advance	1,258	4,517
Other prepaid taxes	939	98
Total prepaid taxes	29,871	18,667
Classified as follows:
Current	26,048	15,815
Non current	3,823	2,852
Total prepaid taxes	$ 29,871	$ 18,667

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The amount of income tax payments in advance as at reporting date.

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The excess of amount paid for current tax in respect of current and prior periods over the amount due for those periods. Current tax is the amount of income taxes payable (recoverable) in respect of the taxable profit (tax loss) for a period.

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The non-current amount of current tax assets. [Refer: Current tax assets]

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The amount of receivables from taxes other than income tax. Income taxes include all domestic and foreign taxes that are based on taxable profits. Income taxes also include taxes, such as withholding taxes, that are payable by a subsidiary, associate or joint arrangement on distributions to the reporting entity.

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The amount of receivables related to a value added tax.

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