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FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (Assumed financial exposure to currency risk) (Details) - Dec. 31, 2017 - Currency risk $ in Thousands, $ in Millions | USD ($) | ARS ($)
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United States of America, Dollars |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | $ 0 |
United States of America, Dollars | United States of America, Dollars |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
United States of America, Dollars | Euro Member Countries, Euro |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
United States of America, Dollars | Argentina, Pesos |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
United States of America, Dollars | Mexico, Pesos |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
United States of America, Dollars | Brazil, Brazil Real |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
United States of America, Dollars | Colombia, Pesos |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
Argentina, Pesos |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
Argentina, Pesos | United States of America, Dollars |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic |  | $ 0
Argentina, Pesos | Euro Member Countries, Euro |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic |  | 0
Argentina, Pesos | Argentina, Pesos |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
Argentina, Pesos | Mexico, Pesos |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | 0 |
Argentina, Pesos | Brazil, Brazil Real |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic |  | $ 0
Argentina, Pesos | Colombia, Pesos |  |
Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] |  |
Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic | $ 0 |

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- Definition The amount of risk exposure associated with financial instruments with a shared characteristic that identifies a concentration of risks. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph B8 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_B8_c&doctype=Appendix&seq=2 -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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