14. Other operating expenses
in € thousand |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Consultancy, services, insurance and auditing expenses |
|
68,474 |
|
75,646 |
External maintenance services |
|
51,273 |
|
58,541 |
Other taxes |
|
27,068 |
|
3,259 |
Leasing costs |
|
19,623 |
|
15,251 |
Travel expenses, advertising and promotional costs |
|
7,976 |
|
8,149 |
Other personnel expenses |
|
4,831 |
|
4,644 |
Losses on the disposal of property, plant and equipment |
|
3,363 |
|
578 |
External and internal cleaning costs |
|
2,531 |
|
2,762 |
Impairment losses on financial assets |
|
2,096 |
|
1,548 |
Postage and telecommunications costs |
|
1,792 |
|
1,874 |
Other venture expenses |
|
1,570 |
|
2,029 |
Expenses from exchange rate differences |
|
1,273 |
|
1,280 |
Other |
|
23,072 |
|
22,371 |
|
|
214,942 |
|
197,932 |
Expenses for consultancy, services, insurance and auditing decreased, mainly due to the decreased expenses for issuing expert opinions and reports.
Expenses for external maintenance services decreased due to lower real estate-related maintenance expenses and lower maintenance expenses for equipment and facilities.
The increase in other taxes largely results from the creation of provisions for property transfer tax that was triggered by the completion of the MSC transaction.
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 also include numerous smaller individual items.