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Liabilities recognised as of acquisition date.

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Profit (loss) from remeasurement of previously equity interest

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The acquisition-date fair value of equity interest in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination achieved in stages. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The fair value, at acquisition date, of the consideration transferred in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The amount recognised as of the acquisition date for borrowings assumed in a business combination. [Refer: Borrowings; Business combinations [member]]

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The amount recognised as of the acquisition date for cash and cash equivalents acquired in a business combination. [Refer: Cash and cash equivalents; Business combinations [member]]

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The fair value, at acquisition date, of cash transferred as consideration in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The amount recognised as of the acquisition date for current assets acquired in a business combination. [Refer: Current assets; Business combinations [member]]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The fair value, at the acquisition date, of equity interests of the acquirer transferred as consideration in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The gain (loss) recognised as result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree held by the acquirer before the business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The amount of assets representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognised. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The amount recognised as of the acquisition date for net identifiable assets acquired or liabilities assumed in a business combination. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The amount recognised as of the acquisition date for identifiable intangible assets acquired in a business combination. [Refer: Intangible assets other than goodwill; Business combinations [member]]

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The amount of non-controlling interest in the acquiree recognised at the acquisition date for business combinations in which the acquirer holds less than 100 per cent of the equity interests in the acquiree at the acquisition date. [Refer: Business combinations [member]]

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The amount recognised as of the acquisition date for non-current assets acquired in a business combination. [Refer: Non-current assets; Business combinations [member]]

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The amount of other comprehensive income, net of tax, related to exchange differences when financial statements of foreign operations are translated. [Refer: Other comprehensive income]

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Mergers, Acquisitions and Disposals - Summary of Purchase Price to Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired and Reconciliation of Cash Flows (Detail) R$ in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 MXN ($)	May 04, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 28, 2017 MXN ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 MXN ($)	Dec. 06, 2016 BRL (R$)	Dec. 06, 2016 MXN ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 MXN ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 MXN ($)
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Goodwill	$ 0
CCFPI [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Total current assets	9,645,000,000
Total non-currentassets	18,909,000,000
Intangible assets recognised as of acquisition date	11,524,000,000
Total assets	32,698,000,000
Total liabilities	(10,101,000,000)
Net assets acquired	22,597,000,000
Non-controling interest	(11,072,000,000)
Equity interest held previously	22,109,000,000
Carrying value of CCFPI investment derecognized	11,690,000,000
Loss as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest	166,000,000
Gain on derecognition of other comprehensive income	2,996,000,000
Total profit from remeasurement of previously equity interest	2,830,000,000
CCFPI [member] \| Distribution rights [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Intangible assets recognised as of acquisition date	4,144,000,000
Vonpar [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Total current assets	2,492,000,000
Total non-currentassets	1,910,000,000
Net assets acquired	19,325,000,000	$ 4,082
Goodwill	2,152,000,000
Total consideration transferred	21,478,000,000				R$ 3,508	$ 20,992,000,000
Amount to be paid through Promissory Notes	(6,992,000,000)
Cash acquired	(1,287,000,000)		$ (1,287,000,000)
Amount recognized as embedded financial instrument	485,000,000
Net cash paid	13,198,000,000				R$ 1,730	$ 10,370,000,000
Vonpar [member] \| Distribution rights [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Intangible assets recognised as of acquisition date	$ 14,793,000,000
Grupo Socofar [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Total current assets				$ 10,499,000,000
Total non-currentassets				4,240,000,000
Total assets				17,772,000,000
Total liabilities				(12,564,000,000)
Net assets acquired				5,208,000,000
Non-controling interest				(2,082,000,000)
Goodwill				4,559,000,000
Total consideration transferred				7,685,000,000				$ 7,685,000,000
Cash acquired				(795,000,000)
Grupo Socofar [member] \| Trademark rights [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Intangible assets recognised as of acquisition date				3,033,000,000
Other acquisitions [member]
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Total current assets				1,125,000,000			$ 1,683,000,000
Total non-currentassets				3,316,000,000			2,319,000,000
Total assets				4,441,000,000			4,002,000,000
Total liabilities				(2,062,000,000)			(2,955,000,000)
Net assets acquired				2,379,000,000			1,047,000,000
Non-controling interest				35,000,000
Equity interest held previously				369,000,000
Goodwill				3,204,000,000			5,027,000,000
Total consideration transferred				5,612,000,000			6,074,000,000
Cash acquired				(211,000,000)			$ (71,000,000)
Net cash paid				$ 5,618,000,000