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Cash and Cash Equivalents and Financial Investments - Financial investments (Detail) - BRL (R$) R$ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents and financial investments details1 [abstract]
Financial investments in local currency, fixed-income securities and funds		R$ 3,749,852	R$ 2,610,686
Financial investments in foreign currency, fixed-income securities and funds		1,278,940	303,417
Currency and interest rate hedging instruments	[1]	981,874	682,615
Total financial investments		6,010,666	3,596,718
Current		5,033,258	3,090,212
Non-current		R$ 977,408	R$ 506,506
[1] Accumulated gains, net of income tax (see Note 33.i).

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Cash and cash equivalents and financial investments details1.

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Can be a recognised asset or liability, an unrecognised firm commitment, a highly probable forecast transaction or a net investment in a foreign operation.

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A financial asset is any asset that is: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favorable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will or may be settled in the entity's own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is or may be obliged to receive a variable number of the entity's own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will or may be settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity's own equity instruments.

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The amount of current financial investments.

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Investment that provides a return in the form of fixed periodic payments and the eventual return of principal at maturity. Funds gathers capital from a number of investors to create a pool of money that is then re-invested into assets.

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Investment in local currency that provides a return in the form of fixed periodic payments and the eventual return of principal at maturity. Funds gathers capital from a number of investors to create a pool of money that is then re-invested into assets.

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The amount of non-current financial investments.

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