01 Sales/Cost of Goods Sold/Other Operating Income/Other Operating Expenses

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€ million

 

2017

 

20161

 

 

 

 

 

1

Adjusted in accordance with IFRS 5 (Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations)

 

 

 

 

 

Sales

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from deliveries of products and merchandise

 

4,788.4

 

4,507.9

Proceeds from other services

 

135.8

 

126.3

Total

 

4,924.2

 

4,634.2

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold

 

-3,969.8

 

-3,811.4

Cost of goods sold includes the following reversals (+)/recognitions (–) of valuation allowances of inventories

 

14.1

 

-16.8

 

 

 

 

 

Other operating income

 

 

 

 

Income from currency transactions

 

30.9

 

49.0

Income from reversal of provisions

 

9.8

 

8.8

Insurance compensation

 

1.0

 

5.9

Income from reversal of valuation allowances for receivables

 

1.3

 

0.9

Income from disposal of property, plant and equipment and financial assets

 

3.0

 

6.5

Income from incentives/grants

 

5.2

 

1.2

Income from changes in the scope of consolidation

 

 

10.0

Income from the termination of long-term supply contracts and damages received

 

 

20.3

Other operating income

 

33.0

 

39.3

Total

 

84.2

 

141.9

 

 

 

 

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

 

 

Losses from currency transactions

 

-40.6

 

-45.6

Losses from valuation allowances for receivables

 

-0.9

 

-0.3

Losses from disposal of assets

 

-6.0

 

-1.8

Losses from impairment of fixed assets

 

 

-2.5

Other operating expenses

 

-17.3

 

-40.3

Total

 

-64.8

 

-90.5

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from deliveries of products and merchandise include sales revenue of around €36 million (after €35 million a year earlier) from exchange transactions executed with companies in the same line of business to facilitate sales to customers.

Income from the termination of long-term supply contracts and from advance payments retained related to advance payments and damages received in 2016 from terminated or restructured contracts with customers.

Other operating expenses included around €4 million from the disposal of property, plant and equipment as a result of the explosion of the plant components at the Charleston, Tennessee site in the USA.

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