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Income taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income taxes paid (refund) [abstract] |
Disclosure Of Current Tax Assets [Text Block] | Taxes receivables are detailed as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2017 |  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Refundable tax previous year |  |  | 9,640,567 |  |  | 4,436,810 |
Taxes under claim (1) |  |  | 2,141,476 |  |  | 2,141,476 |
Argentinean tax credits |  |  | 4,813,614 |  |  | 2,532,114 |
Monthly provisions |  |  | 11,155,690 |  |  | 18,860,164 |
Payment of absorbed profit provision |  |  | 24,104 |  |  | 75,141 |
Other credits |  |  | 1,425,708 |  |  | 1,377,774 |
Total |  |  | 29,201,159 |  |  | 29,423,479 |
(1) | This item includes claims for refund of first category taxes (Provisional payment of absorved profit) for an amount of ThCh$ 968,195 that was presented in April 2014 from the commercial year 2013 and claim to ThCh$ 1,173,281 presented in April 2010 from the commercial year 2009.
Disclosure of current tax liabilities [Text Block] | Taxes payable are detailed as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2017 |  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Chilean income taxes |  |  | 18,335,047 |  |  | 7,033,363 |
Monthly provisional payments |  |  | 3,970,511 |  |  | 4,365,187 |
Tax article 21 |  |  | 105,903 |  |  | 68,824 |
Estimated Argentinean minimum gain subsidiaries taxes |  |  | - |  |  | 339,060 |
Others |  |  | 115,173 |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 22,526,634 |  |  | 11,806,434 |
Disclosure of information about income and deferred tax expense [Text Block] | The income tax and deferred tax expense for the years ended as of December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, are detailed as follows:
|  | For the years ended as of December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Income as per deferred tax related to the origin and reversal of temporary differences |  |  | (500,800) |  |  | (878,629) |  |  | (454,933) |
Prior year adjustments |  |  | 569,212 |  |  | 3,838,136 |  |  | 3,204,656 |
Effect of change in tax rates |  |  | (50,071) |  |  | (856,612) |  |  | (1,066,964) |
Tax benefits (loss) |  |  | 611,282 |  |  | (765,292) |  |  | 248,559 |
Total deferred tax expense |  |  | 629,623 |  |  | 1,337,603 |  |  | 1,931,318 |
Current tax expense |  |  | (47,841,130) |  |  | (31,285,976) |  |  | (48,168,474) |
Prior period adjustments |  |  | (1,154,469) |  |  | (298,010) |  |  | (3,877,360) |
(Loss) Income from income tax |  |  | (48,365,976) |  |  | (30,246,383) |  |  | (50,114,516) |
Disclosure of information about income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income [Text Block] | Deferred taxes related to items charged or credited directly to the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income are detailed as follows:
|  | For the years ended as of December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Net income from cash flow hedge |  |  | 728 |  |  | (20,648) |  |  | (17,563) |
Actuarial gains and losses deriving from defined benefit plans |  |  | (47,228) |  |  | 659,198 |  |  | 314,541 |
Charge to equity |  |  | (46,500) |  |  | 638,550 |  |  | 296,978 |
Disclosure of information about reconciliation of average effective tax rate and applicable tax rate [Text Block] | The Company’s income tax expense as of December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 represents 24.59%, 17.80% and 26.23%, respectively of income before taxes. The following is reconciliation between such effective tax rate and the statutory tax rate valid in Chile.
|  | For the years ended as of December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | Rate % |  | ThCh$ |  | Rate % |  | ThCh$ |  | Rate % |
Income before taxes |  |  | 196,474,395 |  |  |  |  |  | 170,328,270 |  |  |  |  |  | 190,640,106 |  |  |  |
Income tax using the statutory rate |  |  | (50,100,971) |  |  | 25.50 |  |  | (40,878,785) |  |  | 24.00 |  |  | (42,894,024) |  |  | 22.50 |
Adjustments to reach the effective rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax effect of permanent differences, net |  |  | 4,071,180 |  |  | (2.10) |  |  | 10,357,858 |  |  | (6.10) |  |  | (3,202,337) |  |  | 1.68 |
Effect of change in tax rate |  |  | (50,071) |  |  | 0.03 |  |  | (856,612) |  |  | 0.50 |  |  | (1,066,964) |  |  | 0.50 |
Effect of tax rates in Argentina and Uruguay |  |  | (1,700,857) |  |  | 0.86 |  |  | (1,308,482) |  |  | 0.80 |  |  | (2,278,487) |  |  | 1.20 |
Prior year adjustments |  |  | (585,257) |  |  | 0.30 |  |  | 2,439,638 |  |  | (1.40) |  |  | (672,704) |  |  | 0.35 |
Income tax, as reported |  |  | (48,365,976) |  |  | 24.59 |  |  | (30,246,383) |  |  | 17.80 |  |  | (50,114,516) |  |  | 26.23 |
Disclosure of information about deferred tax assets and liabilities [Text Block] | Deferred tax assets and liabilities included in the Consolidated Financial Statements are detailed as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2017 |  | As of December 31, 2016 |
|  | ThCh$ |  | ThCh$ |
Movement of deferred tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable impairment provision |  |  | 1,136,789 |  |  | 861,158 |
Other provisions |  |  | 17,032,172 |  |  | 11,303,607 |
Benefits to staff |  |  | 4,658,962 |  |  | 2,166,999 |
Inventory impairment provision |  |  | 401,487 |  |  | 501,275 |
Severance indemnity |  |  | 6,133,014 |  |  | 5,990,249 |
Inventory valuation |  |  | 2,228,552 |  |  | 2,337,591 |
Intangibles |  |  | 229,725 |  |  | 206,616 |
Other assets |  |  | 2,672,022 |  |  | 3,536,573 |
Tax loss carryforwards |  |  | 5,858,606 |  |  | 4,960,567 |
Total assets from deferred taxes |  |  | 40,351,329 |  |  | 31,864,635 |
Deferred taxes liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment depreciation |  |  | 45,380,381 |  |  | 37,536,881 |
Agricultural operation expenses |  |  | 7,130,896 |  |  | 5,698,674 |
Manufacturing indirect activation costs |  |  | 5,258,290 |  |  | 4,865,509 |
Intangibles |  |  | 11,736,406 |  |  | 12,351,442 |
Land |  |  | 23,313,756 |  |  | 24,685,250 |
Other liabilities |  |  | 1,530,382 |  |  | 1,677,702 |
Total liabilities from deferred taxes |  |  | 94,350,111 |  |  | 86,815,458 |
Total |  |  | (53,998,782) |  |  | (54,950,823) |
Disclosure of information about reconciliation of changes in deferred tax liability asset [Text Block] | Changes in deferred tax assets are detailed as follows:
Movement of deferred tax assets |  | ThCh$ |
As of January 1, 2016 |  |  | (55,708,250) |
Increase in joint operation |  |  | (1,514,955) |
Increase by business combination |  |  | (25,507) |
Deferred Tax Losses Tax absorption |  |  | (178,473) |
Deferred taxes from tax loss carry forwards absortion |  |  | 1,337,603 |
Conversion effect |  |  | 245,227 |
Deferred taxes against equity |  |  | 638,550 |
Other deferred movements taxes |  |  | 254,982 |
Change |  |  | 757,427 |
As of December 31, 2016 |  |  | (54,950,823) |
As of January 1, 2017 |  |  |  |
Deferred Tax Losses Tax absorption |  |  | (199,082) |
Deferred taxes from tax loss carry forwards absortion |  |  | 629,622 |
Conversion effect |  |  | 461,402 |
Other deferred movements taxes |  |  | 60,099 |
Change |  |  | 952,041 |
As of December 31, 2017 |  |  | (53,998,782) |

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