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€ million	2020	2019

Loss allowances on trade receivables including construction contracts	316	317
Loss allowances on other receivables and other assets	2,302	1,783
Losses from foreign currency hedging derivatives within hedge accounting	1,034	997
Expenses from other hedges	1,806	1,332
Foreign exchange losses	3,123	2,013
Expenses from cost allocations	743	563
Expenses for termination agreements	391	54
Losses on disposal of noncurrent assets	212	119
Miscellaneous other operating expenses	3,979	5,712
	13,904	12,890

Allowances on other receivables and other assets include allowances on receivables from long-term construction contracts amounting to €1.2 million (previous year: €0.3 million).

Expenses from other hedges include primarily foreign exchange gains from the fair value measurement of financial instruments used to hedge exchange rates and commodity prices and that are not designated in a hedging relationship.

Miscellaneous other operating expenses consist, among other items, of expenses in connection with the diesel issue (see the “Key Events” section for more information).

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6 Other operating expenses