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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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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, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Prepaid expenses |  | Ps. | 2,714 |  |  | Ps. | 2,425 |
Recoverable taxes |  |  | 316 |  |  |  | — |
Agreements with customers |  |  | 146 |  |  |  | 192 |
Licenses |  |  | 146 |  |  |  | 224 |
Other |  |  | 98 |  |  |  | 47 |
|  | Ps. | 3,420 |  |  | Ps. | 2,888 |
As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, Company’s prepaid expenses are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Advances for inventories |  | Ps. | 1,500 |  |  | Ps. | 1,260 |
Advertising and promotional expenses paid in advance |  |  | 510 |  |  |  | 370 |
Advances to service suppliers |  |  | 236 |  |  |  | 268 |
Prepaid leases |  |  | 211 |  |  |  | 218 |
Prepaid insurance |  |  | 117 |  |  |  | 103 |
Others |  |  | 140 |  |  |  | 206 |
|  | Ps. | 2,714 |  |  | Ps. | 2,425 |
For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, Company’s advertising and promotional expenses amounted to Ps. 7,695, Ps. 6,148 and Ps. 6,578, respectively. 9.2 Other current financial assets
|  | December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Restricted cash |  | Ps. | 101 |  |  | Ps. | 504 |
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 20) |  |  | 735 |  |  |  | 233 |
Note receivables (1) |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 19 |
|  | Ps. | 878 |  |  | Ps. | 756 |
(1) | The carrying value approximates its fair value as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.
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, 2018 and 2017, the carrying of restricted cash pledged were:
|  | December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Brazilian reais |  |  | 98 |  |  |  | 65 |
Chilean pesos |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | — |
Colombian pesos |  |  | — |  |  |  | 439 |
|  | Ps. | 101 |  |  | Ps. | 504 |
The restricted cash in Brazil consist in non-current deposits as requirements to guarantee the notes payable. As of December 21, 2017 due to a jurisdictional order with the municipal sewage system services, the Colombian authorities withheld all the cash that Coca-Cola FEMSA has in some specific back account, such amount was reclassified as restricted cash according with Coca-Cola FEMSA accounting policy pending resolution of the order. As of December 31, 2018 this restricted cash has been released.

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