The percentage representing capitalization of net distributable income.

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on undistributed earnings.

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Per share or per unit amount of equity securities issued.

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The number of shares, per share, of stock dividends proposed or declared before financial statements were authorised for issue but not recognised as distribution to owners.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount, per share, of dividends proposed or declared before financial statements were authorised for issue but not recognised as distribution to owners.

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The number of shares issued by the entity, for which full payment has been received.

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The nominal value per share.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - $ / shares	Mar. 26, 2018	Mar. 22, 2018	Jan. 25, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jul. 13, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Number of shares				99,444,132,192		97,624,347,430
Par value				$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Declaration of dividends
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Proposed dividend per share		$ 3.14655951692	$ 3.14655951692
Number of shares			99,444,132,192
Proposed dividend (as a percent)			60.00%
Capitalization of net distributable income (as a percent)	40.00%	40.00%	40.00%
Shares issued, value per share		$ 93.73	$ 93.73
Proposed stock dividend per share		0.02238030880	0.02238030880
Par value		$ 0