Financial income and expenses (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Financial income and expenses [Abstract]

Financial income

The following table sets forth our financial income and expenses for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 and 2017:

	For the nine-month period ended September 30,
Financial income	2018		2017
	($ in thousands)
Interest income from loans and credits		36,556		224
Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges		47		907
Total		36,603		1,131

Financial expenses

	For the nine-month period ended September 30
Financial expenses	2018			2017
Expenses due to interest:	($ in thousands)
- Loans from credit entities		(191,168	)		(188,136	)
- Other debts		(63,451	)		(65,088	)
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges		(51,721	)		(55,346	)
Total		(306,340	)		(308,570	)

Other net financial income and expenses

The following table sets out ‘Other net financial income and expenses” for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018, and 2017:

	For the nine-month period ended September 30,
Other financial income / (expenses)	2018			2017
	($ in thousands)
Dividend from ACBH (Brazil)		-			10,383
Other financial income		8,711			9,151
Other financial losses		(19,850	)		(18,232	)
Total		(11,139	)		1,302