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Other Accounts Receivable | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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10) | OTHER ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, consolidated other accounts receivable consisted of:
|  |  |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Non-trade accounts receivable1 |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 1,918 |  |  |  | 2,527 |
Interest and notes receivable2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,125 |  |  |  | 1,286 |
Current portion of valuation of derivative financial instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,056 |  |  |  | 236 |
Loans to employees and others |  |  |  |  |  |  | 233 |  |  |  | 188 |
Refundable taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  | 638 |  |  |  | 1,001 |
|  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 4,970 |  |  |  | 5,238 |
1 | Non-trade accounts receivable are mainly attributable to the sale of assets.
2 | Includes Ps27 in 2016, representing the short-term portion of a restricted investment related to coupon payments under CEMEX’s perpetual debentures (note 20.4). In addition, in 2016, includes CEMEX Colombia’s beneficial interest in a trust oriented to promote housing projects, which its only asset is land in the municipality of Zipaquira, Colombia and its only liability is a bank credit for Ps148, guaranteed by CEMEX Colombia, obtained to purchase the land. The estimated fair value of the land as determined by external appraiser significantly exceeds the amount of the loan.

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