Tecan Annual Report
Tecan Annual Report

16 TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

 

31.12.2022

31.12.2023

CHF 1,000

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

 

Denominated in CHF

 21,448 

 31,990 

Denominated in EUR

 20,199 

 22,266 

Denominated in GBP

 4,277 

 3,351 

Denominated in USD

 105,943 

 95,517 

Denominated in CNY

 630 

 882 

Denominated in JPY

 1,982 

 3,040 

Denominated in other currencies

 5,338 

 4,031 

Subtotal trade accounts receivable

 159,817 

 161,077 

 

 

 

Allowance for expected credit losses

 

 

Individual impairment allowance account

 (332) 

 (129) 

Collective impairment allowance account

 (2,650) 

 (2,271) 

Subtotal allowance for expected credit losses 

 (2,982) 

 (2,400) 

 

 

 

Total trade accounts receivable

 156,835 

 158,677 

 

 

 

Net increase

 30,320 

 13,452 

Translation differences

 (1,818) 

 (11,610) 

Total change compared with previous year

 28,502 

 1,842 

The maximum exposure to credit risk for trade accounts receivable at the reporting date by geographic region (location of the debtor) is:

 

 

31.12.2022

31.12.2023

CHF 1,000

 

 

Switzerland (domestic)

 15,306 

 18,445 

Euro-zone countries

 25,643 

 27,384 

Other European countries 

 9,085 

 8,395 

North America 

 96,064 

 88,546 

Asia

 10,267 

 14,880 

Other

 3,452 

 3,427 

 

 

 

Total trade accounts receivable (excluding allowances)

 159,817 

 161,077 

The Group’s most significant customer accounts for 10.8% of the trade accounts receivable carrying amount on December 31, 2023 (December 31, 2022: 11.5%).

 

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of trade accounts receivable during the year was as follows:

 

 

2022

2023

CHF 1,000

 

 

Individual impairment allowance account

 

 

Balance at January 1

 (192) 

 (332) 

Change in impairment losses

 (230) 

 (274) 

Write-offs

 87 

 460 

Translation differences

 3 

 17 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

 (332) 

 (129) 

 

 

 

Amount of trade accounts receivable with individual impairment (gross)

 29,231 

 74,647 

 

 

 

Collective impairment allowance account

 

 

Balance at January 1

 (2,642) 

 (2,650) 

Change in impairment losses

 (26) 

 209 

Translation differences

 18 

 170 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31

 (2,650) 

 (2,271) 

The due dates of trade accounts receivable that are collectively impaired are:

 

 

31.12.2022

31.12.2023

 

Gross

Impairment

Gross

Impairment

CHF 1,000

 

 

 

 

Not past due

 97,425 

 (495) 

 58,839 

 (359) 

Past due 1 – 30 days

 22,289 

 (130) 

 16,724 

 (110) 

Past due 31 – 90 days

 6,172 

 (101) 

 7,536 

 (249) 

Past due 91 – 180 days

 2,965 

 (617) 

 2,386 

 (526) 

Past due more than 180 days

 1,735 

 (1,307) 

 945 

 (1,027) 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 130,586 

 (2,650) 

 86,430 

 (2,271) 

The Group did not experience any severe financial difficulties with its debtors in the past. The sum of all recognized final write-offs of trade accounts receivable in 2022 and 2023 represents less than 1% of sales.