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2313301 - Disclosure - Accounts Receivable Accounts Receivable (Tables)
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Receivables [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Receivables [Abstract]
 
Schedule of accounts receivable
Accounts receivable consist of the following at December 31, 2016 and 2015:
(in thousands)
 
2016
 
2015
Trade receivables
 
$
323,725

 
$
311,932

Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
(4,162
)
 
(2,357
)
Other allowances
 
(6,259
)
 
(6,399
)
 
 
$
313,304

 
$
303,176

 
 
Changes in allowance for doubtful accounts
The following table shows the changes in our allowance for doubtful accounts:
(in thousands)
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
Balance at January 1
 
$
2,357

 
$
1,560

 
$
1,259

Write-offs
 
(2,186
)
 
(558
)
 
(488
)
Recoveries
 
2,587

 
236

 
139

Increase (decrease) in allowance
 
1,404

 
1,119

 
650

Balance at December 31
 
$
4,162

 
$
2,357

 
$
1,560