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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets | Note 9. Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets 9.1 Other current assets
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​ |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
​ |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Prepaid expenses |  | Ps. | 3,115 |  | Ps. | 2,424
Recoverable taxes |  | ​ | — |  | ​ | 5
Agreements with customers |  | ​ | 111 |  | ​ | 115
Licenses |  | ​ | 218 |  | ​ | 261
Assets classified as held for sale |  | ​ | 10 |  | ​ | 30
Other |  | ​ | 77 |  | ​ | 84
​ |  | Ps. | 3,531 |  | Ps. | 2,919
​ As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, Company’s prepaid expenses are as follows:
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​ |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
​ |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Advances for inventories |  | Ps. | 2,110 |  | Ps. | 1,651
Advertising and promotional expenses paid in advance |  | ​ | 105 |  | ​ | 93
Advances to service suppliers |  | ​ | 81 |  | ​ | 30
Prepaid leases |  | ​ | 118 |  | ​ | 93
Prepaid insurance |  | ​ | 284 |  | ​ | 181
Others |  | ​ | 417 |  | ​ | 376
​ |  | Ps. | 3,115 |  | Ps. | 2,424
​ For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, Company’s advertising and promotional expenses amounted to Ps. 7,586, Ps. 7,471 and Ps. 8,840, respectively. 9.2 Other current financial assets
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​ |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
​ |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Restricted cash |  | Ps. | 688 |  | Ps. | 77
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 21) |  | ​ | 1,629 |  | ​ | 573
Note receivables (1) |  | ​ | 163 |  | ​ | 31
​ |  | Ps. | 2,480 |  | Ps. | 681
(1) | The carrying value approximates its fair value as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.
​ The Company has pledged part of its cash to fulfill the collateral requirements for the accounts payable in different currencies. As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the restricted cash pledged was held in:
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​ |  | December 31, |  | December 31,
​ |  | 2021 |  | 2020
U.S. Dollars |  | Ps. | 685 |  | Ps. | 74
Chilean pesos |  | ​ | 3 |  | ​ | 3
​ |  | Ps. | 688 |  | Ps. | 77
​ The restricted cash in U.S. Dollars corresponds to operations in Brazil and consists of current deposits as requirements to guarantee the accounts payable.

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