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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets | Note 9. Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets 9.1 Other current assets
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Prepaid expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 2,425 |  |  | Ps. | 3,784 |
Agreements with customers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | 179 |
Short-term licenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 224 |  |  |  | 112 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47 |  |  |  | 34 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 2,888 |  |  | Ps. | 4,109 |
Prepaid expenses as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Advances for inventories |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 1,260 |  |  | Ps. | 2,734 |
Advertising and promotional expenses paid in advance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 370 |  |  |  | 171 |
Advances to service suppliers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 268 |  |  |  | 466 |
Prepaid leases |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 218 |  |  |  | 164 |
Prepaid insurance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 104 |
Others |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 206 |  |  |  | 145 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 2,425 |  |  | Ps. | 3,784 |
Advertising and promotional expenses recorded in the consolidated income statement for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 amounted to Ps. 6,236, Ps. 6,578 and Ps. 4,613, respectively. 9.2 Other current financial assets
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Restricted cash |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 504 |  |  | Ps. | 774 |
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 20) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 233 |  |  |  | 1,917 |
Short term note receivable (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 14 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 756 |  |  | Ps. | 2,705 |
(1) | The carrying value approximates its fair value as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.
The Company has pledged part of its cash in order to fulfill the collateral requirements for the accounts payable in different currencies. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the carrying of restricted cash pledged were:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Venezuelan bolivars |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | — |  |  | Ps. | 183 |
Brazilian reais |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 65 |  |  |  | 73 |
Colombian pesos |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 439 |  |  |  | 518 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Ps. | 504 |  |  | Ps. | 774 |
During 2016 due to a jurisdictional order with the municipal sewage system services, the Colombian authorities withheld all the cash that Coca-Cola FEMSA has in the bank account, the total amount of which was reclassified as a restricted cash according with the Company’s accounting policy.

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