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Bank Loans and Notes Payable - Summary of Interest Expense (Detail) $ in Millions, $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019 MXN ($) | Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) | [1],[2] | Jun. 30, 2018 MXN ($)
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Interest on debts and borrowings | $ 3,207 |  |  | $ 3,231 |
Capitalized interest | (5) |  |  | (3) |
Finance charges for employee benefits | 206 |  |  | 175 |
Derivative instruments | 1,216 |  |  | 1,384 |
Finance charges for leases | 2,338 |  |  |  |
Finance operating charges | 8 |  |  | 91 |
Total | $ 6,970 | [1] | $ 363 | $ 4,878 | [3],[4]
[1] | The Company initially adopted IFRS 16 at January 1st, 2019 using the modified retrospectively effect method under which the comparative information is not restated. - See Note 2.4.1
[2] | Convenience translation to U.S. dollars ($) - See Note 2.2.3
[3] | Revised to reflect the discontinued Philippines operations of Coca-Cola FEMSA - See Note 4.2.1
[4] | The information herein was not restated with the adjustment, which was not material, to reflect the financial information of its subsidiary in Argentina that operates in a hyperinflationary economic environment.

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