Other Current Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other Liabilities Disclosure [Abstract]
Clients' prepayments	$ 11,249	$ 13,618
Credit notes	18,993	16,420
Accounts payable relating to capital expenditures	3,834	4,408
Other creditors	1,447	1,213
Deferred revenue	186	227
Total	$ 35,709	$ 35,886

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Accounts Payable, Capital Expenditures

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Amount of liability for consideration received or receivable from customer which is not included in transaction price, when consideration is expected to be refunded to customer, classified as current.

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Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of the portions of long-term notes payable due within one year or the operating cycle if longer.

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Obligations not otherwise itemized or categorized in the footnotes to the financial statements that are due within one year or operating cycle, if longer, from the balance sheet date.

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