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Employee Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of Employee benefits [Abstract] |
Disclosure of total employee defined benefit plans in statement of financial position [Text Block] | As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the total staff benefits recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position is detaileds as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2017 |  | As of December 31, 2016 |
Employees’ Benefits |  | Current |  | Non current |  | Current |  | Non current |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Short term benefits |  |  | 26,050,387 |  |  | - |  |  | 22,517,220 |  |  | - |
Employment termination benefits |  |  | 182,106 |  |  | 23,517,009 |  |  | 321,008 |  |  | 21,832,415 |
Total |  |  | 26,232,493 |  |  | 23,517,009 |  |  | 22,838,228 |  |  | 21,832,415 |
Disclosure of Short-term employee benefits expense [Text Block] | The total short-term benefits recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position are detailed as follows:
Short-Term Employees’ Benefits |  | As of December 31, 2017 |  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Vacation |  |  | 9,932,727 |  |  | 9,405,040 |
Bonus and compensation |  |  | 16,117,660 |  |  | 13,112,180 |
Total |  |  | 26,050,387 |  |  | 22,517,220 |
Disclosure of termination benefits [Text Block] | The obligation recorded for severance indemnity is detailed as follows:
Severance Indemnity |  | As of December 31, 2017 |  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Current |  |  | 182,106 |  |  | 321,008 |
Non-current |  |  | 23,517,009 |  |  | 21,832,415 |
Total |  |  | 23,699,115 |  |  | 22,153,423 |
Disclosure of reimbursement rights [text block] | The change in the severance indemnity is detailed as follows:
Severance Indemnity |  | ThCh$ |
Balance as of January 1, 2016 |  |  | 19,043,559 |
Current cost of service |  |  | 1,650,484 |
Interest cost |  |  | 1,702,662 |
Actuarial (Gain) losses |  |  | 2,342,336 |
Paid-up benefits |  |  | (2,490,851) |
Past service cost |  |  | 342,039 |
Conversion effect |  |  | (670,709) |
Others |  |  | 233,903 |
Movements of the year |  |  | 3,109,864 |
As of December 31, 2016 |  |  | 22,153,423 |
Current cost of service |  |  | 1,942,099 |
Interest cost |  |  | 1,850,598 |
Actuarial (Gain) losses |  |  | (99,357) |
Paid-up benefits |  |  | (1,934,587) |
Past service cost |  |  | 604,337 |
Conversion effect |  |  | (694,189) |
Others |  |  | (123,209) |
Movements of the year |  |  | 1,545,692 |
As of December 31, 2017 |  |  | 23,699,115 |
Disclosure of termination benefits expense [Text Block] | The figures recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income, are detailed as follows:
|  | For the years ended as of December 31, |
Expense recognized for severance indemnity |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Current cost of service |  |  | 1,942,099 |  |  | 1,650,484 |  |  | 1,023,969 |
Past service cost |  |  | 604,337 |  |  | 342,039 |  |  | 131,204 |
Accrued paid benefit |  |  | 6,023,869 |  |  | 7,851,201 |  |  | 4,377,570 |
Other |  |  | 269,377 |  |  | 1,114,112 |  |  | 646,502 |
Total expense recognized in Consolidated Statement of Income |  |  | 8,839,682 |  |  | 10,957,836 |  |  | 6,179,245 |
Disclosure of information about actuarial assumptions [Text Block] | The main actuarial assumptions used for the calculation of the severance indemnity obligation are detailed as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  | Chile |  | Argentina |
Actuarial Assumptions |  | As of December 31, |  | As of December 31, |
|  |  |  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Mortality table |  |  |  |  |  | RV-2014 |  | RV-2014 |  | Gam '83 |  | Gam '83 |
Annual interest rate |  |  |  |  |  | 5.96% |  | 5.52% |  | 24.55% |  | 31.88% |
Voluntary employee turnover rate |  |  |  |  |  | 1.90% |  | 1.90% |  | "ESA 77 Ajustada" - 50% |  | "ESA 77 Ajustada" - 50% |
Company’s needs rotation rate |  |  |  |  |  | 5.30% |  | 5.30% |  | "ESA 77 Ajustada" - 50% |  | "ESA 77 Ajustada" - 50% |
Salary increase (*) |  |  |  |  |  | 3.70% |  | 3.70% |  | 18.68% |  | 26.25% |
|  | Officers |  |  |  | 60 |  | 60 |  | 60 |  | 60 |
Estimated retirement age for (*) |  | Other |  | Male |  | 65 |  | 65 |  | 65 |  | 65 |
|  |  |  | Female |  | 60 |  | 60 |  | 60 |  | 60 |
(*) Average of the Company.
Disclosure of information about sensitivity analysis [Text Block] | The Following is a sensitivity analysis based on increased (decreased) of 1 percent on the discount rate:
Sensitivity Analysis |  | As of December 31, 2017 |  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
1% increase in the Discount Rate (Gain) |  |  | 1,457,410 |  |  | 1,421,484 |
1% decrease in the Discount Rate (Loss) |  |  | (1,684,968) |  |  | (1,649,255) |
Disclosure of information about other employee expense [Text Block] | The amounts recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income are detailed as follows:
|  | For the years ended as of December 31, |
Personal expense |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Salaries |  |  | 151,944,702 |  |  | 145,766,757 |  |  | 138,359,074 |
Employees’ short-term benefits |  |  | 27,588,955 |  |  | 23,189,206 |  |  | 24,693,325 |
Employments termination benefits |  |  | 8,839,682 |  |  | 10,957,836 |  |  | 6,179,245 |
Other staff expense |  |  | 32,485,170 |  |  | 30,971,754 |  |  | 28,683,507 |
Total (1) |  |  | 220,858,509 |  |  | 210,885,553 |  |  | 197,915,151 |
(1) See Note 29.

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