36.3. Liquidity risk
The solvency and liquidity of the Volkswagen Group are ensured at all times by rolling liquidity planning, a liquidity reserve in the form of cash, confirmed credit lines and the issuance of securities on the international money and capital markets. The volume of confirmed bilateral and syndicated credit lines stood at €27.9 billion as of December 31, 2020 (previous year: €27.0 billion), of which €2.3 billion (previous year: €3.8 billion) was drawn down.
Local cash funds in certain countries (e.g. China, Brazil, Argentina, South Africa and India) are only available to the Group for cross-border transactions subject to exchange controls. There are no significant restrictions over and above these.
The following overview shows the contractual undiscounted cash flows from financial instruments:
DownloadMATURITY ANALYSIS OF UNDISCOUNTED CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
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REMAINING CONTRACTUAL MATURITIES |
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REMAINING CONTRACTUAL MATURITIES |
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€ million |
up to one year |
within one to five years |
more than five years |
2020 |
up to one year |
within one to five years |
more than five years |
2019 |
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Financial liabilities |
89,371 |
98,159 |
25,106 |
212,636 |
90,137 |
96,135 |
25,542 |
211,814 |
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Trade payables |
22,675 |
1 |
– |
22,677 |
22,745 |
0 |
– |
22,745 |
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Other financial liabilities |
9,151 |
2,156 |
152 |
11,460 |
8,633 |
2,355 |
176 |
11,164 |
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Derivatives |
73,927 |
56,294 |
6,736 |
136,958 |
70,932 |
57,182 |
5,912 |
134,027 |
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|
195,125 |
156,611 |
31,995 |
383,731 |
192,447 |
155,672 |
31,630 |
379,750 |
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The cash outflows on other financial liabilities include outflows on liabilities for tax allocations amounting to €38 million (previous year: €19 million).
Derivatives comprise both cash flows from derivative financial instruments with negative fair values and cash flows from derivatives with positive fair values for which gross settlement has been agreed. Derivatives entered into through offsetting transactions are also accounted for as cash outflows. The cash outflows from derivatives for which gross settlement has been agreed are matched in part by cash inflows. These cash inflows are not reported in the maturity analysis. If these cash inflows were also recognized, the cash outflows presented would be substantially lower. This also particularly applies if hedges have been closed with offsetting transactions.
The cash outflows from irrevocable credit commitments are presented in the section entitled “Other financial obligations”, classified by contractual maturities.
As of December 31, 2020, the maximum potential liability under financial guarantees amounted to €447 million (previous year: €425 million). Financial guarantees are assumed to be due immediately in all cases.