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f. Equity investments <br />Equity investments in companies in which the Company owns between zo% and 5o% and over which the Company exercises <br />significant influence are accounted for using the equity method. Investments in companies in which the Company owns less <br />than 2o% are recorded at cost, restated based on the NCPI. <br />g. Property, plant and equipment <br />imported plant and equipment are stated at their current estimated value based on the rate of inflation in the country of <br />origin and the prevailing exchange rate at the balance sheet date (i.e., specific restatement factors). <br />Machinery and equipment of domestic origin are restated using the NCPI. <br />At December 31, zooi, approximately 68% of machinery and equipment was restated based on specific factors. <br />Depreciation is computed on the restated value of fixed assets using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful <br />lives of the related assets as determined by management periodically. <br />Comprehensive financing costs incurred during the building and installation period are capitalized. Such costs are restated <br />using the NCPI. <br />h. Derivatives <br />Requirements of Mexican accounting principles Bulletin C-z, Financial Instruments, went into effect on January 1, zooi. <br />Bulletin C-2 establishes the basic rules that issuers of or investors in financial instruments must observe in valuing, presenting <br />and disclosing such instruments in their financial information. These rules define the conditions that must be met in order <br />to offset financial assets and liabilities. It is also specified that financial instruments are to be valued at their fair value, <br />except for those instruments classified as held to maturity, which are to be valued at acquisition cost. <br />The Company uses derivatives such as interest rate and exchange rate swaps and forward contracts as a hedge against <br />fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates and energy prices. <br />Exchange differences derived from interest rate and currency swaps designated as hedges against fluctuations in equity <br />investments are recognized in the caption of "Effect of translation of foreign subsidiaries". <br />Gains or losses realized on forward contracts entered into as a hedge against fluctuations in the price of natural gas are <br />recorded as a part of cost of sales. <br />L Exchange differences <br />Transactions in foreign currency are recorded at the prevailing exchange rate on the day of the related transactions. <br />Exchange differences determined from the date of the transactions to the time of their settlement or valuation at the balance <br />sheet date are charged or credited to income. <br />j. Labor obligations <br />Under Mexican labor law, the Company has a liability for severance payments accruing to workers in certain circumstances. <br />It is the policy to charge termination payments to costs and expenses of the year in which the decision to dismiss a worker is <br />made. The liability for seniority premiums is recognized periodically on the basis of actuarial computations. <br />k. Deferred income tax and deferred employee profit sharing <br />Effective January 1,2000 the Company adopted the requirements of the Mexican accounting Bulletin D-y "Accounting for <br />Income Tax, Asset Tax and Employee Profit Sharing". The Bulletin D-y requires the recognition of deferred taxes are <br />recognized basically on all temporary differences in balance sheet accounts for financial and tax reporting purposes, using <br />the enacted income tax rate at the time the financial statements are issued.