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Financial Instruments at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Summary of Financial Instruments at Fair Value through Profit or Loss |
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |
Financial assets-noncurrent |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mandatorily measured at FVTPL |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-listed stocks - domestic |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 293 |
Non-listed stocks - foreign |  |  | — |  |  |  | 224 |
Forward exchange contracts |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 517 |
Financial liabilities-current |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Held for trading |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivatives (not designated for hedge) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward exchange contracts |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Some available-for-sale financial assets under IAS 39 were mandatorily reclassified as FVTPL when applying IFRS 9.
Outstanding Forward Exchange Contracts Not Designated for Hedge | Outstanding forward exchange contracts not designated for hedge as of balance sheet dates were as follows:
|  |  |  | Maturity |  | Contract Amount
|  | Currency |  | Period |  | (In Millions)
December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward exchange contracts - buy |  | EUR/NT$ |  | 2018.03-06 |  | EUR2/NT$69
Forward exchange contracts - buy |  | US$/NT$ |  | 2018.01 |  | US$4/NT$125
December 31, 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |
Forward exchange contracts - buy |  | EUR/NT$ |  | 2019.03-06 |  | EUR5/NT$193
Forward exchange contracts - buy |  | US$/NT$ |  | 2019.01 |  | US$2/NT$62

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