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6. Property, plant and equipment

in thousand EUR   Forest and land
  Forest roads
  Buildings
and improve-
ments
  Machinery
and vehicles
  Leased
machinery
and vehicles
  Furniture
and fixtures
  Construction
in progress
  Advanced
payments for
PPE
  Total
Cost
At 1 January 2017   15 653   12 084   20 691   27 710   3 231   2 184   551   3 346   85 451
Additions   –3   –1   351   1 230   1 198   78   1 098     3 951
Disposals         –313     –25       –338
Reclassifications       –205   2 222   –844   68   –1 241    
Currency effects   –860   –662   –301   –966   6   –51   –18   –457   –3 309
At 31 December 2017   14 790   11 421   20 536   29 883   3 591   2 254   390   2 889   85 755
 
Additions     374   275   1 272   1 082   182   1 833     5 018
Disposals         –1 010     –218       –1 228
Reclassifications   4   124   405   247   105     –881   –4  
Currency effects   –590   –471   –230   –709     –26   –12   –307   –2 345
At 31 December 2018   14 204   11 448   20 986   29 683   4 778   2 192   1 330   2 578   87 199
 
Accumulated depreciation
At 1 January 2017     5 623   13 701   25 358   1 451   1 616     1 386   49 135
Charge for the year     362   1 386   1 199   1 065   147       4 159
Reversal of impairment     –18               –18
Elimination on disposals         –313     –25       –338
Reclassifications       –14   901   –901   14      
Currency effects     –273   –185   –844   3   –45     –190   –1 534
At 31 December 2017     5 694   14 888   26 301   1 618   1 707     1 196   51 404
 
Charge for the year     311   715   1 138   584   172       2 920
Reversal of impairment     –15             –4   –19
Elimination on disposals         –1 010     –218       –1 228
Reclassifications         –17   17        
Currency effects     –199   –146   –601     –23     –126   –1 095
At 31 December 2018     5 791   15 457   25 811   2 219   1 638     1 066   51 982
 
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2017   14 790   5 727   5 648   3 582   1 973   547   390   1 693   34 351
At 31 December 2018   14 204   5 657   5 529   3 872   2 559   554   1 330   1 511   35 217

For certain land acquired by Precious Woods in Brazil, the land title registration is not yet finalized. These transactions are disclosed as advanced payments for property, plant and equipment. For advanced payments for land titles with a certain risk of losing the land, an allowance is recorded based on Management’s estimate of the outcome. This required an estimate of the probability to be able to prove the ownership of the land.

Based on the continued efforts to clean the land titles from legal issues, Precious Woods was able to reclassify in 2018 advanced payments for property, plant and equipment to land in the amount of EUR 3 535 (2017: EUR 0).