6 Other operating expenses


€ million	2017	2016

Valuation allowances on receivables and other assets	1,650	1,787
Losses from foreign currency hedging derivatives	1,753	2,964
Foreign exchange losses	2,839	3,077
Expenses from cost allocations	609	542
Expenses for termination agreements	35	424
Losses on disposal of noncurrent assets	175	144
Miscellaneous other operating expenses	5,197	7,970
	12,259	16,907

Miscellaneous other operating expenses consist of litigation expenses of €1.0 billion (previous year: €5.1 billion) in connection with the diesel issue. In the previous year, they had also included provisions of €0.4 billion for the antitrust proceedings that the European Commission opened against European truck manufacturers including MAN and Scania. The prior-year expenses for termination agreements result primarily from the restructuring expenses for the South American market and at MAN. In addition, the changes in the currency hedging derivatives are due to the exchange rate changes between the trade price and the price on realization; this applies in particular to the US dollar, the Chinese renminbi and sterling.

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6 Other operating expenses