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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Other Current Assets | 9.1 Other current assets
|  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Prepaid expenses |  | Ps. | 2,201 |  |  | Ps. | 2,714 |
Recoverable taxes |  |  | 268 |  |  |  | 316 |
Agreements with customers |  |  | 294 |  |  |  | 146 |
Licenses |  |  | 575 |  |  |  | 146 |
Assets classified as held for sale |  |  | 197 |  |  |  | 49 |
Other |  |  | 553 |  |  |  | 49 |
|  | Ps. | 4,088 |  |  | Ps. | 3,420 |
Summary of Prepaid Expenses | As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, Company’s prepaid expenses are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Advances for inventories |  | Ps. | 1,359 |  |  | Ps. | 1,500 |
Advertising and promotional expenses paid in advance |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | 510 |
Advances to service suppliers |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | 236 |
Prepaid leases |  |  | 239 |  |  |  | 211 |
Prepaid insurance |  |  | 129 |  |  |  | 117 |
Others |  |  | 325 |  |  |  | 140 |
|  | Ps. | 2,201 |  |  | Ps. | 2,714 |
Summary of Other Current Financial Assets | 9.2 Other current financial assets
|  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Restricted cash |  | Ps. | 92 |  |  | Ps. | 101 |
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 21) |  |  | 1,008 |  |  |  | 735 |
Note receivables (1) |  |  | 46 |  |  |  | 42 |
|  | Ps. | 1,146 |  |  | Ps. | 878 |
(1) | The carrying value approximates its fair value as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.
Summary of Carrying of Restricted Cash Pledged | As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying of restricted cash pledged were:
|  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Brazilian reais |  | Ps. | 89 |  |  | Ps. | 98 |
Chilean pesos |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 3 |
|  | Ps. | 92 |  |  | Ps. | 101 |

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