33. Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Deposits
in € thousand |
31.12.2017 |
31.12.2016 |
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Cash and cash equivalents with a maturity of up to 3 months |
49,953 |
12,869 |
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Short-term deposits with a maturity of 4–12 months |
20,000 |
18,795 |
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Bank balances and cash in hand |
131,561 |
145,528 |
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201,514 |
177,192 |
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits are made up of cash in hand and various bank balances in different currencies. This includes funds that are not freely available of € 11,215 thousand used to secure working lifetime accounts.
Cash and short-term deposits of € 10,438 thousand (previous year: € 16,193 thousand) is subject to foreign exchange outflow restrictions.
As of the balance sheet date, the Group had unused lines of credit amounting to € 3,207 thousand (previous year: € 207 thousand) and had met all the conditions for their use. HHLA is confident that the Group has sufficient credit lines at its disposal whenever required.