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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Other Current Assets | Other current assets
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Prepaid expenses |  | Ps. | 2,424 |  | Ps. | 2,201
Recoverable taxes |  |  | 5 |  |  | 268
Agreements with customers |  |  | 115 |  |  | 294
Licenses |  |  | 261 |  |  | 575
Assets classified as held for sale |  |  | 30 |  |  | 197
Other |  |  | 84 |  |  | 553
|  | Ps. | 2,919 |  | Ps. | 4,088
Summary of Prepaid Expenses | As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, Company’s prepaid expenses are as follows:
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Advances for inventories |  | Ps. | 1,651 |  | Ps. | 1,359
Advertising and promotional expenses paid in advance |  |  | 93 |  |  | 89
Advances to service suppliers |  |  | 30 |  |  | 60
Prepaid leases |  |  | 93 |  |  | 239
Prepaid insurance |  |  | 181 |  |  | 129
Others |  |  | 376 |  |  | 325
|  | Ps. | 2,424 |  | Ps. | 2,201
Summary of Other Current Financial Assets | Other current financial assets
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Restricted cash |  | Ps. | 77 |  | Ps. | 92
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 21) |  |  | 573 |  |  | 1,008
Note receivables (1) |  |  | 31 |  |  | 46
|  | Ps. | 681 |  | Ps. | 1,146
The carrying value approximates its fair value as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Summary of Carrying of Restricted Cash Pledged | As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the restricted cash pledged was held in:
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
U.S. Dollars |  | Ps. | 74 |  | Ps. | 89
Chilean pesos |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3
|  | Ps. | 77 |  | Ps. | 92

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