4 | Labor costs (included in Cost of sales and in Selling, general and administrative expenses) |
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
| (all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||
| Wages, salaries and social security costs | 1,144,341 | 988,794 | 1,327,968 | |||||||||
| Severance indemnities | 34,497 | 73,741 | 176,950 | |||||||||
| Defined contribution plans | 12,401 | 10,758 | 13,286 | |||||||||
| Pension benefits - defined benefit plans | 15,066 | 10,563 | 14,813 | |||||||||
| Employee retention and long term incentive program | 15,441 | 16,474 | (5,660 | ) | ||||||||
1,221,746 | 1,100,330 | 1,527,357 | ||||||||||
| From discontinued operations | (853 | ) | (28,306 | ) | (24,665 | ) | ||||||
1,220,893 | 1,072,024 | 1,502,692 | ||||||||||
| Country | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 5,221 | 4,755 | 5,388 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 5,139 | 4,968 | 5,101 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 1,382 | 1,166 | 2,050 | |||||||||
| USA | 1,953 | 1,636 | 2,190 | |||||||||
| Italy | 2,088 | 1,979 | 2,030 | |||||||||
| Romania | 1,870 | 1,631 | 1,624 | |||||||||
| Canada | 919 | 473 | 546 | |||||||||
| Indonesia | 506 | 509 | 532 | |||||||||
| Colombia | 1,003 | 750 | 636 | |||||||||
| Japan | 410 | 458 | 508 | |||||||||
| Other | 1,114 | 1,074 | 1,136 | |||||||||
21,605 | 19,399 | 21,741 | ||||||||||
| From discontinued operations | - | (323 | ) | (292 | ) | |||||||
21,605 | 19,076 | 21,449 | ||||||||||