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Business Combination, Discontinued Operations, Sale of Other Disposal Groups and Selected Financial Information by Geographic Operating Segment - Summary of Condensed Combined Financial Information of Balance Sheet (Detail) - Pacific Northwest Materials And Concrete Pipe Business [Member] - United States, Bangladesh, Thailand, Austria, and Hungary [member] $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2016 MXN ($)
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Disclosure of Discontinued Operations [line items] |
Current assets | $ 1,146
Property, machinery and equipment, net | 4,188
Intangible assets, net and other non-current assets | 6,835
Total assets | 12,169
Current liabilities | (99)
Non-current liabilities | (336)
Total liabilities | (435)
Net assets | $ 11,734

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