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Assets Held for Sale and Other Current Asset (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Summary of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale | As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, assets held for sale, which are measured at the lower of their estimated realizable value, less costs to sell, and their carrying amounts, as well as liabilities directly related with such assets are detailed as follows:
|  |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  |  |  |  | 2017 |
|  |  |  |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |  |  | Net assets |  |  |  |  |  | Assets |  |  | Liabilities |  |  | Net assets |
Assets in the central region of France (note 4.3) |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 952 |  |  |  | 314 |  |  |  | 638 |  |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Idle assets in Spain1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 580 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 580 |
Other assets held for sale |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,148 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,148 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 798 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 798 |
|  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 2,100 |  |  |  | 314 |  |  |  | 1,786 |  |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 1,378 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,378 |
1 | During December 2018, considering the withdrawal of potential buyers and the absence of new offers, CEMEX reclassified these assets to fixed assets.

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