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Trade Accounts Receivable, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Summary of Trade Accounts Receivable | As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, consolidated trade accounts receivable consisted of:
|  |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Trade accounts receivable |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 31,584 |  |  |  | 32,733 |
Allowances for expected credit losses |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,336 | ) |  |  | (2,145 | )
|  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 29,248 |  |  |  | 30,588 |
Summary of Trade Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Loss | As of December 31, 2018, the balances of trade accounts receivable and the allowance for ECL were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | Accounts receivable |  |  | ECL allowance |  |  | ECL average rate |
Mexico |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 5,185 |  |  |  | 717 |  |  |  | 13.8 | %
United States |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,432 |  |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | 0.9 | %
Europe |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9,087 |  |  |  | 618 |  |  |  | 6.8 | %
South, Central America and the Caribbean |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,817 |  |  |  | 550 |  |  |  | 19.5 | %
Asia, Middle East and Africa |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,327 |  |  |  | 272 |  |  |  | 5.1 | %
Others |  |  |  |  |  |  | 736 |  |  |  | 101 |  |  |  | 13.7 | %
|  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 31,584 |  |  |  | 2,336 |  |  |  |  |
Summary of Allowance for Expected Credit Losses | Changes in the allowance for expected credit losses in 2018, 2017 and 2016, were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Allowances for expected credit losses at beginning of period |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 2,145 |  |  |  | 2,196 |  |  |  | 2,152 |
Adoption effects of IFRS 9 charged to retained earnings (note 2.1) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 570 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Charged to selling expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  | 156 |  |  |  | 252 |  |  |  | 556 |
Additions through business combinations |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 141 |  |  |  | — |
Deductions |  |  |  |  |  |  | (385 | ) |  |  | (449 | ) |  |  | (867 | )
Foreign currency translation effects |  |  |  |  |  |  | (150 | ) |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 355 |
Allowances for expected credit losses at end of period |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 2,336 |  |  |  | 2,145 |  |  |  | 2,196 |

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