pre_text: Selling, general and administrative Selling, general and administrative expense consists primarily of salaries and other personnel-related costs, professional fees, insurance costs, and other business development and selling expenses. The following table shows selling, general and administrative expense for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017: Selling, general and administrative expense in 2019 increased compared to 2018 primarily due to higher employee compensation expense, lower accretion expense in 2018 associated with the reduction in our module collection and recycling liability described above, and higher professional fees.
table: Year Ended Change
table: (Dollars in thousands) 2019 2018 2017 2019 over 2018 2018 over 2017
table: Selling, general and administrative $205,471 $176,857 $202,699 $28,614 16% $(25,842) (13)%
table: % of net sales . 6.7% 7.9% 6.9%
question: Analyse this data from a financial earnings document. What is the amount of net sales in 2019?