Annual Report 2021

Annual Report 2021

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13 Other current liabilities and provisions

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

 

MCHF

 

MCHF

Compensation-related liabilities

 

107.8

 

100.3

Customer-related liabilities

 

160.4

 

134.6

Value added tax payables

 

24.8

 

38.6

Short-term derivative financial instruments (see Note 15)

 

0.1

 

0.2

Short-term interest payables

 

1.0

 

1.2

Other current liabilities

 

50.3

 

49.7

Total other current liabilities

 

344.4

 

324.6

The outstanding customer bonuses are offset against the outstanding trade accounts receivable (Note 6). If the balance of outstanding trade receivables as at 31 December is smaller than the outstanding customer bonuses, these are reported under “Customer-related liabilities”. The position “Other current liabilities” mainly includes accruals for services and deliveries not yet invoiced.

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

 

MCHF

 

MCHF

Other current provisions

 

5.4

 

5.2

Provisions for restructuring

 

2.9

 

1.5

Total current provisions

 

8.3

 

6.7

The movements of other current provisions for 2021 and 2020 are shown in the following table:

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

 

MCHF

 

MCHF

Other current provisions

 

 

 

 

1 January

 

5.2

 

7.6

Additions

 

2.6

 

4.2

Transfers

 

0.5

 

-1.4

Used

 

-2.4

 

-4.7

Reversed

 

-0.4

 

-0.4

Translation differences

 

-0.1

 

-0.1

31 December

 

5.4

 

5.2

The movements of provisions for restructuring for 2021 and 2020 are shown in the following table:

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

 

MCHF

 

MCHF

Provisions for restructuring

 

 

 

 

1 January

 

1.5

 

4.7

Additions

 

4.3

 

2.2

Transfers

 

1.7

 

-1.3

Used

 

-4.3

 

-3.4

Reversed

 

-0.2

 

-0.6

Translation differences

 

-0.1

 

-0.1

31 December

 

2.9

 

1.5

Provisions for restructuring mainly comprise the cost of the measures for closing three small production plants in China, Ukraine and the United States. In addition, further payments were made in connection with plant closures in France in 2017.