Annual and transition report of foreign private issuers pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Trade receivables and contract assets

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Trade receivables and contract assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Trade Receivables And Contract Assets [Abstract]  
Trade receivables and contract assets

23. Trade receivables and contract assets

Trade receivables and contract assets are analyzed as follows:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

At December 31,

 

(EUR thousand)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Trade receivables

 

 

171,803

 

 

 

135,514

 

Allowance for expected credit losses

 

 

(6,544

)

 

 

(7,696

)

Total trade receivables

 

 

165,259

 

 

 

127,818

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected credit loss rate

 

 

3.8

%

 

 

5.7

%

 

Trade receivables are non-interest bearing and are generally on term of 60 to 90 days. The Group is not exposed to significant concentration of third-party credit risk.

Trade receivables breakdown by geographical area is shown below:

 

 

 

At December 31,

 

 

At December 31,

 

(EUR thousand)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

EMEA

 

 

90,518

 

 

 

67,884

 

APAC

 

 

27,200

 

 

 

15,637

 

North America

 

 

43,762

 

 

 

37,261

 

South America

 

 

10,323

 

 

 

14,732

 

Total Trade Receivables

 

 

171,803

 

 

 

135,514

 

 

Trade receivables are stated net of an allowance for expected credit losses which has been determined in accordance with IFRS 9 amounting to EUR 6,544 thousand and EUR 7,696 thousand for 2021 and 2020 respectively:

 

(EUR thousand)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

As at January 1

 

 

7,696

 

 

 

7,355

 

Accruals

 

 

3,478

 

 

 

1,631

 

Releases

 

 

(4,413

)

 

 

(552

)

Utilizations

 

 

(390

)

 

 

(374

)

Exchange differences

 

 

173

 

 

 

(364

)

As at December 31

 

 

6,544

 

 

 

7,696

 

 

Contract assets

Contract assets relate to ongoing customer-specific construction contracts of the Engineering segment and from the In-vitro diagnostic business. As such, the balances of this account vary and depend on the number of ongoing construction contracts at the end of the year. The Group has contract assets of EUR 62,133 thousand as at December 31, 2021 (EUR 39,430 thousand as at December 31, 2020). Contract assets gross amounts to EUR 138,854 thousand (EUR 86,905 thousand as at December 31, 2020), net of invoices issued of EUR 76,721 thousand (EUR 47,476 thousand as at December 31, 2020).