Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Related Party Transactions:

Our consolidated statements of income include sales to and purchases from unconsolidated affiliates in the ordinary course of business as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2018		2017
Sales to unconsolidated affiliates	$	4,605	$	7,189
Purchases from unconsolidated affiliates	$	68,916	$	40,570

Our condensed consolidated balance sheets include accounts receivable due from and payable to unconsolidated affiliates in the ordinary course of business as follows (in thousands):



	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Receivable from related parties	$	2,184	$	2,406
Payable to related parties	$	67,244	$	55,801