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Other Gains (Losses) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of other gains losses [Abstract] |
Disclosure of detailed information about other gains [Text Block] | Other gains (losses) items are detailed as follows:
|  | For the years ended as of December 31, |
Other gain and (loss) |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Results derivative contracts (1) |  |  | (8,010,204) |  |  | (10,134,414) |  |  | 9,839,675 |
Marketable securities to fair value |  |  | 293,413 |  |  | 84,133 |  |  | 36,280 |
Other |  |  | - |  |  | 1,704,374 |  |  | (1,363,955) |
Total |  |  | (7,716,791) |  |  | (8,345,907) |  |  | 8,512,000 |
(1) | Under this concept the Company (payment) or received cash flows amounting to ThCh$ 11,391,103 (payment), ThCh$ 9,698,871 (payment) and ThCh$ 5,419,700 received, corresponding to 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and these were recorded in the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, under Operational activities, in line item Other cash movements.

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