The number of types of risk that the company is exposed to that are caused by exchange rate volatility.

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The prepayment threshold amount at which the prepayment can only be granted to suppliers if its value is properly and fully provisioned.

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The time period for which the risk ratings of banks and other financial institutions for time deposits must be equal to A (S&P) or equivalent.

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The percentage of receivables covered by insurance.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of provisions other than provisions for employee benefits. [Refer: Provisions]

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FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT - Prepayments, Guarantees and Financial Investments (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 CLP ($) item	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 CLP ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 CLP ($)
Credit risk
Trade receivables covered by insurance percentage	87.00%
Other provisions	$ 65,624,166		$ 73,081,893	$ 64,301,817
Maximum
Credit risk
Trade receivables uncollectible percentage	0.50%
Credit risk
Credit risk
Prepayment to suppliers threshold		$ 25,000
Credit risk \| Domestic
Credit risk
Trade receivables	$ 66,872,384
Credit risk \| Domestic \| Provision for credit commitments
Credit risk
Other provisions	$ 973,696
Credit risk \| Minimum
Credit risk
Time deposits with institutions with risk ratings of A S&P or equivalent	1 year
Credit risk \| Maximum
Credit risk
Time deposits with institutions with risk ratings of Level 1 Fitch or equivalent	1 year
Currency risk
Credit risk
Number of risks exposed to that are caused by exchange rate volatility \| item	3