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Other Assets and Other Financial Assets - Disclosure of Other Non-Current Financial Assets (Detail) $ in Millions, $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2019 MXN ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | [2] | Dec. 31, 2018 MXN ($)
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Categories of financial assets [abstract] |  |  |  |
Non-current accounts receivable | $ 938 |  |  | $ 724
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 21) | 8,260 |  |  | 10,752
Investments |  |  |  | 11,810
Others | 172 |  |  | 101
Other investments in equity instruments | 13,310 |  |  |
Total other financial assets | $ 22,680 | [1] | $ 1,203 | $ 23,387
[1] | The Company initially adopted IFRS 16 at January 1st, 2019 using the modified retrospectively approach 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

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