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Other Liabilities, Provisions, Contingencies and Commitments - Other Financial Liabilities (Detail) - MXN ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of financial liabilities [line items]
Other financial liabilities	$ 2,232	$ 2,797
Derivative financial instruments [Member]
Disclosure of financial liabilities [line items]
Other financial liabilities	1,262	1,769
Security deposits [Member]
Disclosure of financial liabilities [line items]
Other financial liabilities	$ 970	$ 1,028

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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 amount of financial liabilities that the entity does not separately disclose in the same statement or note. [Refer: Financial liabilities]

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