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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Summary of Other Current Assets | 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 |
Summary of Prepaid Expenses | 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 |
Summary of Other Current Financial Assets | 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.
Summary of Carrying of Restricted Cash Pledged | 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 |

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