14. Other operating expenses
in € thousand |
2018 |
2017 |
||
Leasing costs |
58,295 |
53,829 |
||
External maintenance services |
41,755 |
37,294 |
||
Consultancy, services, insurance and auditing expenses |
39,789 |
37,027 |
||
Travel expenses, advertising and promotional costs |
4,375 |
3,663 |
||
Other personnel expenses |
4,239 |
2,380 |
||
Other taxes |
3,125 |
2,703 |
||
Other venture expenses |
2,608 |
610 |
||
External and internal cleaning costs |
2,230 |
1,977 |
||
Expenses from other accounting periods |
2,125 |
645 |
||
Postage and telecommunications costs |
1,568 |
1,449 |
||
Impairment losses on financial assets |
998 |
532 |
||
Expenses from exchange rate differences |
912 |
1,271 |
||
Losses on the disposal of property, plant and equipment |
134 |
1,171 |
||
Expenditure for the harmonisation of existing pension schemes |
0 |
10,762 |
||
Other |
9,919 |
10,985 |
||
|
172,072 |
166,298 |
Further information on leasing expenses can be found in Note 45.
The HHLA Group regards the impairment losses on financial assets listed above as immaterial and has therefore decided not to show them separately in the income statement.
The previous year’s figure included expenses for the harmonisation of existing pension schemes, see Note 37.