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Amount of borrowings maturing in year four following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Amount of borrowings maturing in year three following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Amount of borrowins maturing in year two following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Amount of borrowings maturing after year five following the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Amount of borrowings maturing in the remainder of the fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of short-term and long-term debt and lease obligation.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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