TRADE ACCOUNTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2020

Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss [Abstract]

Schedule of Trade Accounts and Other Receivables, and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Trade accounts and other receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts, consisted of the following:

	September 27, 2020		December 29, 2019
	(In thousands)
Trade accounts receivable	$	646,696	$	696,372
Notes receivable - current	24,265		4,187
Other receivables	42,704		48,189
Receivables, gross	713,665		748,748
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(7,542)		(7,467)
Receivables, net	$	706,123	$	741,281
Accounts receivable from related parties(a)	$	616	$	944

(a)    Additional information regarding accounts receivable from related parties is included in “Note 18. Related Party Transactions.”

    Activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 27, 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

Balance, beginning of period	$	(7,467)
Provision charged to operating results	(560)
Account write-offs and recoveries	278
Effect of exchange rate	207
Balance, end of period	$	(7,542)