15. | Sales of goods |
(a) | This item is made up as follows: |
| | | For the year ended | | For the year ended | | For the year ended | | |||||||||||
| | | December 31, 2017 | | December 31, 2016 | | December 31, 2015 | | |||||||||||
| | | Pounds(000) | | US$(000) | | Pounds(000) | US$(000) | | Pounds(000) | | US$(000) | | ||||||
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Copper in concentrate | | | 979,243 | | | 2,702,508 | | | 995,386 | | | 1,967,052 | | | 440,071 | | | 794,197 | |
Copper cathode | | | 84,679 | | | 241,725 | | | 109,128 | | | 247,431 | | | 104,279 | | | 259,830 | |
Other (primarily silver and molybdenum concentrate) | | | | | | 267,033 | | | | | | 176,357 | | | | | | 65,343 | |
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Subtotal Sales | | | | | | 3,211,266 | | | | | | 2,390,840 | | | | | | 1,119,370 | |
Less: Royalty contributions (see Note 2(k)) | | | | | | (8,335) | | | | | | (6,686) | | | | | | (3,753) | |
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Total net sales | | | | | | 3,202,931 | | | | | | 2,384,154 | | | | | | 1,115,617 | |
(b) | The following table shows net sales by geographic region based on the final destination port: |
| | For the year ended | | For the year ended | | For the year ended | | |||
| | December 31, 2017 | | December 31, 2016 | | December 31, 2015 | | |||
| | US$(000) | | US$(000) | | US$(000) | | |||
| | | | | | | | | | |
Asia | | | 2,416,826 | | | 1,865,346 | | | 770,272 | |
Europe | | | 314,092 | | | 161,844 | | | 65,648 | |
North America | | | 287,174 | | | 213,002 | | | 79,244 | |
South America (primarily Peru) | | | 193,174 | | | 150,648 | | | 204,206 | |
| | | 3,211,266 | | | 2,390,840 | | | 1,119,370 | |
Less: Royalty contributions (see Note 2(k)) | | | (8,335) | | | (6,686) | | | (3,753) | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
Total net sales | | | 3,202,931 | | | 2,384,154 | | | 1,115,617 | |
(c) | Concentration of sales - |