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Financial assets and liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Other Financial Assets And Liabilities |
Schedule of financial instruments classification based on its recognition |
Schedule of financial instruments classification based on its recognition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | December 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Financial assets | Notes | Amortized cost |  | At fair value through OCI |  | At fair value through profit or loss |  | Total |  | Amortized cost |  | At fair value through OCI |  | At fair value through profit or loss |  | Total
Current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 23 | 4,736 |  | - |  | - |  | 4,736 |  | 11,721 |  | - |  | - |  | 11,721
Short-term investments | 23 | - |  | - |  | 61 |  | 61 |  | - |  | - |  | 184 |  | 184
Derivative financial instruments | 20 | - |  | - |  | 342 |  | 342 |  | - |  | - |  | 111 |  | 111
Accounts receivable | 11 | 538 |  | - |  | 3,781 |  | 4,319 |  | 703 |  | - |  | 3,211 |  | 3,914
|  | 5,274 |  | - |  | 4,184 |  | 9,458 |  | 12,424 |  | - |  | 3,506 |  | 15,930
Non-current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Judicial deposits | 28 | 1,215 |  | - |  | - |  | 1,215 |  | 1,220 |  | - |  | - |  | 1,220
Restricted cash | 32 | 77 |  | - |  | - |  | 77 |  | 117 |  | - |  | - |  | 117
Derivative financial instruments | 20 | - |  | - |  | 196 |  | 196 |  | - |  | - |  | 20 |  | 20
Investments in equity securities | 14 | - |  | 7 |  | - |  | 7 |  | - |  | 6 |  | - |  | 6
|  | 1,292 |  | 7 |  | 196 |  | 1,495 |  | 1,337 |  | 6 |  | 20 |  | 1,363
Total of financial assets |  | 6,566 |  | 7 |  | 4,380 |  | 10,953 |  | 13,761 |  | 6 |  | 3,526 |  | 17,293
Financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Suppliers and contractors | 13 | 4,461 |  | - |  | - |  | 4,461 |  | 3,475 |  | - |  | - |  | 3,475
Derivative financial instruments | 20 | - |  | - |  | 90 |  | 90 |  | - |  | - |  | 243 |  | 243
Loans, borrowings and leases | 23 | 489 |  | - |  | - |  | 489 |  | 1,204 |  | - |  | - |  | 1,204
Liabilities related to the concession grant | 14(a) | 416 |  | - |  | - |  | 416 |  | 760 |  | - |  | - |  | 760
Other financial liabilities - Related parties | 31 | 400 |  | - |  | - |  | 400 |  | 393 |  | - |  | - |  | 393
Contract liability and other advances |  | 766 |  | - |  | - |  | 766 |  | 916 |  | - |  | - |  | 916
|  | 6,532 |  | - |  | 90 |  | 6,622 |  | 6,748 |  | - |  | 243 |  | 6,991
Non-current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments | 20 | - |  | - |  | 186 |  | 186 |  | - |  | - |  | 592 |  | 592
Loans, borrowings and leases | 23 | 12,223 |  | - |  | - |  | 12,223 |  | 12,578 |  | - |  | - |  | 12,578
Participative shareholders' debentures | 22 | - |  | - |  | 2,725 |  | 2,725 |  | - |  | - |  | 3,419 |  | 3,419
Liabilities related to the concession grant | 14(a) | 2,554 |  | - |  | - |  | 2,554 |  | 1,437 |  | - |  | - |  | 1,437
Financial guarantees | 32 | - |  | - |  | 103 |  | 103 |  | - |  | - |  | 542 |  | 542
|  | 14,777 |  | - |  | 3,014 |  | 17,791 |  | 14,015 |  | - |  | 4,553 |  | 18,568
Total of financial liabilities |  | 21,309 |  | - |  | 3,104 |  | 24,413 |  | 20,763 |  | - |  | 4,796 |  | 25,559
Schedule of assets and liabilities measured and recognized at fair value |
Schedule of assets and liabilities measured and recognized at fair value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | December 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
| Notes | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
Financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Short-term investments | 23 | 61 |  | - |  | - |  | 61 |  | 184 |  | - |  | - |  | 184
Derivative financial instruments | 20 | - |  | 538 |  | - |  | 538 |  | - |  | 118 |  | 13 |  | 131
Accounts receivable | 11 | - |  | 3,781 |  | - |  | 3,781 |  | - |  | 3,211 |  | - |  | 3,211
Investments in equity securities | 14 | 7 |  | - |  | - |  | 7 |  | 6 |  | - |  | - |  | 6
|  | 68 |  | 4,319 |  | - |  | 4,387 |  | 190 |  | 3,329 |  | 13 |  | 3,532
Financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments | 20 | - |  | 276 |  | - |  | 276 |  | - |  | 835 |  | - |  | 835
Participative shareholders' debentures | 22 | - |  | 2,725 |  | - |  | 2,725 |  | - |  | 3,419 |  | - |  | 3,419
Financial guarantees | 32 | - |  | 103 |  | - |  | 103 |  | - |  | 542 |  | - |  | 542
|  | - |  | 3,104 |  | - |  | 3,104 |  | - |  | 4,796 |  | - |  | 4,796
Schedule of changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities |
Schedule of changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities |  |  |  |
|  | Derivative financial instruments
|  | Financial assets |  | Financial liabilities
Balance at December 31, 2021 |  | 13 |  | -
Gain and losses recognized in income statement |  | (13) |  | -
Balance at December 31, 2022 |  | - |  | -
Schedule of fair value and carrying amounts of loans and financing |
Schedule of fair value and carrying amounts of loans and financing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | December 31, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
|  | Carrying amount |  | Fair value |  | Carrying amount |  | Fair value
Quoted in the secondary market: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bonds |  | 6,157 |  | 6,253 |  | 7,448 |  | 9,151
Debentures |  | 233 |  | 225 |  | 387 |  | 387
Debt contracts in Brazil in: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
R$, indexed to TJLP, TR, IPCA, IGP-M and CDI |  | 278 |  | 278 |  | 354 |  | 449
R$, with fixed interest |  | 2 |  | 2 |  | 13 |  | -
Basket of currencies and bonds in US$ indexed to LIBOR |  | - |  | - |  | 11 |  | 11
Debt contracts in the international market in: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
US$, with variable and fixed interest |  | 4,266 |  | 4,391 |  | 3,615 |  | 3,231
Other currencies, with variable interest |  | 9 |  | 9 |  | 87 |  | 54
Other currencies, with fixed interest |  | 89 |  | 91 |  | 107 |  | 117
|  | 11,034 |  | 11,249 |  | 12,022 |  | 13,400

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