XML 55 R33.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.10.0.1

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of analysis of other comprehensive income by item [abstract] |
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(a) | Attributable to Limited Partners’
US$ MILLIONS |  | Revaluation Surplus |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Net Investment Hedges |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Marketable Securities |  | Unrealized Actuarial Losses |  | Equity accounted investments |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 957 |  |  | $ | (891 | ) |  | $ | 215 |  |  | $ | (130 | ) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (30 | ) |  | $ | 619 |  |  | $ | 736 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  | 19 |  |  | 56 |  |  | (187 | ) |  | 104 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 129 |  |  | 128 |
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 976 |  |  | $ | (835 | ) |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | (26 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (27 | ) |  | $ | 748 |  |  | $ | 864 |
Other comprehensive income (loss)(1) |  | 141 |  |  | (501 | ) |  | 67 |  |  | (70 | ) |  | (33 | ) |  | 9 |  |  | 182 |  |  | (205 | )
Other items(1) |  | (450 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (450 | )
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 667 |  |  | $ | (1,336 | ) |  | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | (96 | ) |  | $ | (33 | ) |  | $ | (18 | ) |  | $ | 930 |  |  | $ | 209 |
(b) | Attributable to General Partner
US$ MILLIONS |  | Revaluation Surplus |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Net Investment Hedges |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Marketable Securities |  | Unrealized Actuarial Losses |  | Equity accounted investments |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 7 |
Other comprehensive (loss) income |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | (1 | )
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 6 |
Other comprehensive income (loss)(1) |  | 1 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |
Other items(1) |  | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (3 | )
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 3 |
(c) | Attributable to Non-controlling interest—Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield
US$ MILLIONS |  | Revaluation Surplus |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Net Investment Hedges |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Marketable Securities |  | Unrealized Actuarial Losses |  | Equity accounted investments |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 417 |  |  | $ | (365 | ) |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | (58 | ) |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | 261 |  |  | $ | 331 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  | 8 |  |  | 26 |  |  | (77 | ) |  | 44 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 56 |
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 425 |  |  | $ | (339 | ) |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | (8 | ) |  | $ | 314 |  |  | $ | 387 |
Other comprehensive income (loss)(1) |  | 59 |  |  | (213 | ) |  | 29 |  |  | (29 | ) |  | (14 | ) |  | 4 |  |  | 77 |  |  | (87 | )
Other items(1) |  | (188 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (188 | )
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 296 |  |  | $ | (552 | ) |  | $ | 40 |  |  | $ | (43 | ) |  | $ | (16 | ) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | 391 |  |  | $ | 112 |
d) Attributable to Non-controlling interest—Exchange LP Units
US$ MILLIONS |  | Revaluation Surplus |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  | Net Investment Hedges |  | Cash Flow Hedges |  | Marketable Securities |  | Unrealized Actuarial Losses |  | Equity accounted investments |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 4 |
(1) | In relation to the sale of our Chilean electricity transmission business, $641 million of revaluation surplus previously recognized within accumulated other comprehensive income was reclassified directly to retained earnings in the Consolidated Statements of Partnership Capital. Additionally, $127 million of deferred tax expense previously recognized within accumulated other comprehensive income was reclassified as current income tax expense within accumulated other comprehensive income.

X
- Definition Disclosure Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | bip_DisclosureOfAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | bip_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- References No definition available. + Details
Name: | ifrs-full_DisclosureOfAnalysisOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeByItemAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | ifrs-full_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration