14. Other operating expenses
in € thousand |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Consultancy, services, insurance and auditing expenses |
|
64,367 |
|
50,229 |
External maintenance services |
|
42,217 |
|
46,775 |
Leasing costs |
|
12,286 |
|
7,211 |
Travel expenses, advertising and promotional costs |
|
4,017 |
|
2,982 |
Other personnel expenses |
|
3,431 |
|
3,519 |
External and internal cleaning costs |
|
2,890 |
|
2,529 |
Other taxes |
|
2,708 |
|
2,440 |
Other venture expenses |
|
2,504 |
|
1,426 |
Postage and telecommunications costs |
|
1,901 |
|
1,828 |
Impairment losses on financial assets |
|
1,782 |
|
2,731 |
Expenses from exchange rate differences |
|
991 |
|
1,353 |
Losses on the disposal of property, plant and equipment |
|
780 |
|
558 |
Other |
|
18,795 |
|
15,156 |
|
|
158,669 |
|
138,737 |
Expenses for consultancy, services, insurance and auditing increased, mainly due to an increased need for project-related consultancy.
Expenses for external maintenance services decreased due to higher real estate-related maintenance expenses in the previous year and a greater need for maintenance to the IT infrastructure in the previous year.
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.