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Other Liabilities, Provisions, Contingencies and Commitments - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments (Detail) - MXN ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Disclosure of financial liabilities [line items] |  |
Minimum payments | $ 132 | $ 135
Present value of minimum lease payments | 116 | 112
Minimum Payments [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial liabilities [line items] |  |
Less amount representing finance charges | 16 | 23
Present value of minimum lease payments | 116 | 112
Less than 1 year [member] |  |
Disclosure of financial liabilities [line items] |  |
Minimum payments | 41 | 32
Present value of minimum lease payments | 34 | (68)
1-5 years [Member] |  |
Disclosure of financial liabilities [line items] |  |
Minimum payments | 91 | 103
Present value of minimum lease payments | $ 82 | 83
Later than 5 years [member] |  |
Disclosure of financial liabilities [line items] |  |
Present value of minimum lease payments |  | $ 97

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- Definition The amount representing the difference between the future minimum finance lease payments and their present value. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 31 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_31_b&doctype=Standard&book=B -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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