| 25. | Dividends paid and proposed |
Dividends paid and proposed by the Group to the shareholders of the parent are presented below:
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||
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Proposed, declared and approved during the year: |
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2017: Final dividend for 2016: U.S.$ 11,520,798, Interim dividend for 2017: U.S.$ 26,113,788 (2016: Final dividend for 2015: U.S.$ 30,210,153, Interim dividend for 2016: U.S.$ 39,943,003 2015: Interim dividend for 2015: U.S.$ 13,640,343) |
694 | 4,843 | 2,207 | |||||||||
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Paid during the period*: |
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2017: Final dividend for 2016: U.S.$ 11,520,798, Interim dividend for 2017: U.S.$ 26,113,788 (2016: Final dividend for 2015: U.S.$ 30,210,153, Interim dividend for 2016: U.S.$ 39,943,003 2015: Interim dividend for 2015: U.S.$ 13,640,343) |
699 | 4,628 | 2,148 | |||||||||
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Proposed for approval (not recognized as a liability as of December 31): |
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2017: nill 2016: Final dividend for 2016: U.S.$ 11,513,436 2015: Final dividend for 2015: U.S.$ 30,209,301 |
2,237 | 679 | — | |||||||||
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Dividends payable as of December 31 |
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| * | The difference between paid and declared dividends represents foreign exchange movement |