XML 107 R65.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.8.0.1

Business Combination, Discontinued Operations, Sale of Other Disposal Groups and Selected Financial Information by Geographic Operating Segment - Summary of Fair Value To Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed (Parenthetical) (Detail) - Trinidad Cement Limited [member] $ in Millions | Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)
--- | ---
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items] |
Goodwill included in intangible assets and other non-current assets | $ 100
Debt included in current liabilities | 47
Debt included in non-current liabilities | 97
Deferred tax liabilities | $ 19

X
- Definition The amount recognized as of the acquisition date for debt current. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cx_DebtCurrentRecognizedAsOfAcquisitionDate
Namespace Prefix: | cx_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition The amount recognized as of the acquisition date for debt non-current. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cx_DebtNoncurrentRecognizedAsOfAcquisitionDate
Namespace Prefix: | cx_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Goodwill recognised as of acquisition date. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | cx_GoodwillRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
Namespace Prefix: | cx_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition The amount recognised as of the acquisition date for deferred tax liabilities assumed in a business combination. [Refer: Deferred tax liabilities; Business combinations [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IFRS -Number 3 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph B64 -Subparagraph i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=3&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_B64_i&doctype=Appendix&seq=2 -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
Name: | ifrs-full_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
Namespace Prefix: | ifrs-full_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | credit
Period Type: | instant

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

X
- Details
Name: | ifrs-full_SignificantInvestmentsInAssociatesAxis=cx_TrinidadCementLimitedMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |