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Loans and Advance to Banks, net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Loans and Advance to Banks, net |
Loans and Advance to Banks, net | 10. Loans and Advance to Banks, net: (a) As of December 31, 2016 and 2017, these amounts are detailed as follows:
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Domestic Banks |  |  |  |  |
Interbank loans |  | 208,403 |  | 120,017 |
Other credits with domestic banks |  | — |  | — |
Provisions for loans to domestic banks |  | (49 | ) | (19 | )
Subtotal |  | 208,354 |  | 119,998 |
Foreign Banks |  |  |  |  |
Loans to foreign banks |  | 129,904 |  | 187,006 |
Credits with third countries |  | 77,049 |  | 61,091 |
Chilean export trade banks |  | 57,749 |  | 41,255 |
Provisions for loans to foreign banks |  | (210 | ) | (245 | )
Subtotal |  | 264,492 |  | 289,107 |
Central Bank of Chile |  |  |  |  |
Central Bank deposits |  | 700,000 |  | 350,000 |
Other Central Bank credits |  | 341 |  | 916 |
Subtotal |  | 700,341 |  | 350,916 |
Total |  | 1,173,187 |  | 760,021 |
(b) Provisions for loans to banks are detailed below:
|  | Bank’s Location |  |  |
|  | Chile |  | Abroad |  | Total |
Detail |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Balance as of January 1, 2016 |  | 36 |  | 317 |  | 353 |
Charge-offs |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Provisions established (released), net |  | 13 |  | (107 | ) | (94 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  | 49 |  | 210 |  | 259 |
Charge-offs |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Provisions established (released), net |  | (30 | ) | 35 |  | 5 |
Balance as of December 31, 2017 |  | 19 |  | 245 |  | 264 |

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