[10] Other expenses
The breakdown of other expenses is as follows: > TABLE 055
in € million |
2019 |
2018 |
|---|---|---|
Foreign currency exchange rate losses |
37.9 |
50.0 |
Losses on disposal of non-current assets |
2.4 |
1.1 |
Impairment of non-current assets |
6.9 |
6.4 |
Sundry expenses |
7.4 |
5.7 |
Total other expenses |
54.5 |
63.3 |
In 2019, other expenses fell by €8.8 million year on year.
The decrease was predominantly attributable to the reduction in foreign currency exchange rate losses. These losses are attributable to exchange rate losses arising in the course of the Group companies’ operating activities and to losses on hedges that were entered into in order to hedge currency risk arising from the operating business and are not part of a formally documented hedge (details of the countervailing gains can be found in note [9]).