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Borrowings, interest rate basis							CDI rate + 0.5% p.a.
Ipiranga Produtos de Petroleo S.A. ("IPP") [member] \| Foreign loans [member]
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
Borrowings, adjustment to interest rate basis							110.00%
Major borrowings [member] \| Ipiranga Produtos de Petroleo S.A. ("IPP") [member] \| Foreign loans [member]
Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items]
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Borrowings, interest rate			4.4285%							4.4285%
Borrowings, adjustment to interest rate basis			108.50%							108.50%
Borrowings, interest rate basis			DI
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Notional amount \| R$											R$ 500,000
Borrowings, maturity				March 5,2025
Borrowings, adjustment to interest rate basis				108.37%							108.37%
Borrowings, interest rate basis				DI
Major borrowings [member] \| Ultracargo Logística S.A. \| Foreign loans [member]
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Notional amount		€ 45,977		¥ 3,760,000					R$ 246,896		R$ 123,741
Borrowings, interest rate		43775.00%		132125.00%					43775.00%		132125.00%
Borrowings, maturity		March 10,2025		August 30,2024
Borrowings, adjustment to interest rate basis		108.50%		108.90%					108.50%		108.90%
Borrowings, interest rate basis		DI		DI
Major business combination [member] \| Hidrovias do Brasil [Member]
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Number of shares acquired	128,369,488
Percentage of voting equity interests acquired	16.88%
Business combination, Share Price \| R$ / shares	R$ 3.98
Percentage of voting equity interests held	4.99%
Percentage of ownership interests held	21.87%
Major ordinary share transactions [member]
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Number of shares issued								1,115,404,268				191,778
Major transactions from discontinued operations [Member] \| Oxiteno S. A. Industria e Comercio [member] \| Discontinued operations [member] \| Indorama Ventures PLC
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Final subsequent installment received from disposal group transaction					R$ 757,140	$ 150,000