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FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT - Liquidity risk (Details) $ in Millions, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2020 ARS ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 ARS ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 ARS ($)
Operative working capital - negative |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  |  |  | $ 18,956 | $ 23,096
Other receivables (not considering financial NDF) |  |  |  | 5,514 | 6,027
Inventories |  |  |  | 3,722 | 4,373
Current liabilities (not considering financial debt) |  |  |  | (64,448) | (69,025)
Operative working capital - negative |  |  |  | (36,256) | (35,529)
Over revenues | 12.00% | 11.00% |  |  |
Variations in operative working capital - negative |  |  |  |  |
Variation in trade receivables | $ (4,140) |  |  |  |
Variation in other receivables | (513) |  |  |  |
Variation in inventories | (651) |  |  |  |
Variation in current liabilities (not considering financial debt) | 4,577 |  |  |  |
Variation in operative working capital | (727) |  |  |  |
Net current financial asset (debt) |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ 429 | $ 220 | 18,527 | 34,827
Financial NDF |  |  |  | 2 | 222
Investments |  |  |  | 6,542 | 584
Current financial debt |  |  |  | (41,602) | (48,031)
Net Current financial (liability) asset |  |  |  | (16,531) | (12,398)
Variations in net current financial asset (debt) |  |  |  |  |
Variation in cash and cash equivalents | (16,300) |  |  |  |
Variation in investments | 5,958 |  |  |  |
Variation in Financial NDF | (220) |  |  |  |
Variation in current financial debt | 6,429 |  |  |  |
Variation in net Current financial (liability) asset | (4,133) |  |  |  |
Negative operating working capital (current assets - current liabilities) |  |  |  | $ (52,787) | $ (47,927)
Variation in working capital | $ (4,860) |  |  |  |
Liquidity rate | 0.50 | 0.59 |  |  |
Variation in liquidity rate | (0.09) |  |  |  |

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