4. Other operating expenses

       

       

      2019/20

       

      2020/21

       

       

       

       

       

      Taxes other than income taxes

       

      15.8

       

      15.8

      Losses on disposal of property, plant and equipment

       

      3.1

       

      4.0

      Currency losses

       

      136.3

       

      112.4

      Expenses from the valuation of derivatives

       

      6.2

       

      23.2

      Losses from deconsolidation

       

      0.5

       

      1.2

      Other operating expenses

       

      690.9

       

      415.7

       

       

      852.8

       

      572.3

       

       

       

       

       

      In millions of euros

      Other operating expenses for the business year 2020/21 contain EUR 206.8 million (2019/20: EUR 401.7 million) in impairment losses on property, plant and equipment, other intangible assets, and goodwill. They also contain EUR 113.7 million (2019/20: EUR 121.1 million) in expenses attributable to the other functional area. In the main, these concern expenses related to the by-products specified in other operating income.