14. Other operating expenses
in € thousand |
|
2023 |
|
2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Consultancy, services, insurance and auditing expenses |
|
75,646 |
|
66,472 |
External maintenance services |
|
58,541 |
|
48,712 |
Leasing costs |
|
15,251 |
|
16,213 |
Travel expenses, advertising and promotional costs |
|
8,149 |
|
6,472 |
Other personnel expenses |
|
4,644 |
|
4,625 |
Other taxes |
|
3,259 |
|
2,930 |
External and internal cleaning costs |
|
2,762 |
|
2,573 |
Other venture expenses |
|
2,029 |
|
1,805 |
Postage and telecommunications costs |
|
1,874 |
|
2,012 |
Impairment losses on financial assets |
|
1,548 |
|
2,021 |
Expenses from exchange rate differences |
|
1,280 |
|
1,925 |
Losses on the disposal of property, plant and equipment |
|
578 |
|
374 |
Other |
|
22,371 |
|
26,697 |
|
|
197,932 |
|
182,831 |
Expenses for consultancy, services, insurance and auditing increased, mainly due to an increased need for issuing expert opinions and reports.
Expenses for external maintenance services increased due to higher real estate-related maintenance expenses and higher maintenance expenses for equipment and facilities.
For details of lease expenses, see 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.
Other operating expenses include numerous smaller individual items.