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Disclosure of Exchange Rates of Local Currencies Translated to Mexican Pesos |
|  |  |  | Exchange Rates of Local Currencies Translated to Mexican Pesos (1) |
|  | Functional / |  | Average Exchange Rate as of June 30, |  |  | Exchange Rate as of December |
Country or Zone |  | Recording Currency |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Guatemala |  | Quetzal |  |  | 2.49 |  |  |  | 2.56 |  |  |  | 2.49 |  |  |  | 2.54 |
Costa Rica |  | Colon |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | 0.03 |
Panama |  | U.S. dollar |  |  | 19.17 |  |  |  | 19.24 |  |  |  | 19.17 |  |  |  | 19.68 |
Colombia |  | Colombian peso |  |  | 0.01 |  |  |  | 0.01 |  |  |  | 0.01 |  |  |  | 0.01 |
Nicaragua |  | Cordoba |  |  | 0.59 |  |  |  | 0.62 |  |  |  | 0.58 |  |  |  | 0.61 |
Argentina |  | Argentine peso |  |  | 0.46 |  |  |  | 0.73 |  |  |  | 0.45 |  |  |  | 0.52 |
Brazil |  | Reais |  |  | 4.99 |  |  |  | 5.29 |  |  |  | 5.00 |  |  |  | 5.08 |
Chile |  | Chilean peso |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | 0.03 |
Euro Zone |  | Euro (€) |  |  | 21.66 |  |  |  | 22.71 |  |  |  | 21.86 |  |  |  | 22.54 |
Peru |  | Nuevo Sol |  |  | 5.77 |  |  |  | 5.85 |  |  |  | 5.83 |  |  |  | 5.83 |
Ecuador |  | U.S. dollar |  |  | 19.17 |  |  |  | 19.24 |  |  |  | 19.17 |  |  |  | 19.68 |
Philippines |  | Philippine peso |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.37 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.37 |
Uruguay |  | Uruguayan peso |  |  | 0.57 |  |  |  | 0.63 |  |  |  | 0.54 |  |  |  | 0.61 |
(1) | Exchange rates published by the Central Bank of each country where the Company operates.
Disclosure of Recognition of Effects of Inflation in Countries with Hyperinflationary Economic Environments | As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the operations of the Company are classified as follows:
Country |  | Cumulative Inflation 2017-2019 |  |  | Type of Economy |  |  | Cumulative Inflation 2016-2018 |  |  | Type of Economy |
Mexico |  |  | 15.9 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 15.7 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Guatemala |  |  | 12.9 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 12.2 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Costa Rica |  |  | 6.1 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 5.7 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Panama |  |  | 1.4 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 2.1 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Colombia |  |  | 11.0 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 13.4 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Nicaragua |  |  | 15.0 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 13.1 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Argentina |  |  | 145.0 | % |  |  | Hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 158.4 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Brazil |  |  | 10.8 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 25.0 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Philippines |  |  | — |  |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 11.9 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Euro Zone |  |  | 4.5 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 2.7 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Chile |  |  | 7.9 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 9.7 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Country |  | Cumulative Inflation 2017-2019 |  |  | Type of Economy |  |  | Cumulative Inflation 2016-2018 |  |  | Type of Economy |
Peru |  |  | 6.8 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 9.3 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Ecuador |  |  | 0.6 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 30.3 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |
Uruguay |  |  | 21.9 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |  |  |  | 25.3 | % |  |  | Non-hyperinflationary |

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