07 » Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable consist mainly of the currencies US dollar, euro as well as Chinese renminbi and are as follows:

Accounts receivable € in millions

 

 

Collective loss allowance

 

Individual loss allowance

 

Total

 

 

Not yet due

 

Past due 31 – 90 days

 

Past due > 90 days

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not credit-impaired

 

Not credit-impaired

 

Not credit-impaired

 

Credit-
impaired

 

Credit-
impaired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, gross

 

2,329

 

286

 

25

 

34

 

139

 

2,814

Weighted average loss rate

 

0.7%

 

4.3%

 

39.1%

 

59.5%

 

92.9%

 

6.7%

Loss allowance

 

(17)

 

(12)

 

(10)

 

(20)

 

(129)

 

(189)

Accounts receivable, net

 

2,312

 

274

 

15

 

14

 

10

 

2,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, gross

 

2,069

 

341

 

32

 

32

 

138

 

2,612

Weighted average loss rate

 

0.8%

 

3.6%

 

31.2%

 

64.7%

 

96.5%

 

7.4%

Loss allowance

 

(17)

 

(12)

 

(10)

 

(21)

 

(133)

 

(193)

Accounts receivable, net

 

2,052

 

328

 

22

 

11

 

5

 

2,418

Movement in loss allowances for accounts receivable € in millions

 

 

2019

 

2018

Loss allowances at January 1

 

193

 

174

Net remeasurement of loss allowances

 

0

 

25

Write-offs charged against the loss allowance accounts

 

(7)

 

(4)

Currency translation differences

 

1

 

(1)

Other changes

 

1

 

(0)

Loss allowances at December 31

 

189

 

193

As at December 31, 2019, the loss allowance for not credit-impaired accounts receivable in the amount of € 345 million and credit-impaired accounts receivable in the amount € 5 million was not recognized as adidas holds credit enhancement instruments, mainly in the form of credit insurance and bank guarantees, which mitigate the credit risk of those financial assets.

In 2019, the line item ‘Other changes’ relates mainly to the first-time consolidation of Agron, Inc. and to the divestiture of Global Merchandising, S.L. See note 04

There are no material balances of accounts receivable written off but subject to enforcement activity.

Further information about credit risks is contained in these Notes. See note 30