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Financial Instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [abstract] |
Schedule of Book Value of Assets and liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currency |
The book value of the monetary assets and monetary liabilities denominated in foreign currency at the end of the reporting period are as follows (includes foreign subsidiaries):
| Currency: Mexican peso
| December 31,
| 2 0 1 8 |  | 2 0 1 7
Short – term assets | $ | 11,649,108 |  |  | 11,228,846
Short – term liabilities |  | 5,567,083 |  |  | 4,763,682
Net monetary asset position in foreign currency | $ | 6,082,025 |  | $ | 6,465,164
Equivalent in U.S. Dollars (thousands) | USD$ | 309,414 |  | USD$ | 327,592
Schedule of Additional Bank Lines of Credit |
The following table sets out details of additional bank lines of credit (to be used as letter of credits) that the Company has at its disposal to reduce liquidity risk. These lines of credit are obtained by the Company and one part of them has been used for some of the subsidiaries of Industrias CH, S.A.B. de C.V.:
| (In thousands of US dollars)
| December 31,
| 2 0 1 8 |  | 2 0 1 7
Bank loans credit lines: |  |  |  |  |
Drawn balances | $ | 350,000 |  | $ | 350,000
Undrawn balances |  | 128,681 |  |  | 108,865
Available line balance | $ | 221,319 |  | $ | 241,135

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