Employee Benefits (Details 2) - CLP ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Disclosure of Employee benefits [Abstract]
Current	$ 182,106	$ 321,008
Non-current	23,517,009	21,832,415
Total	$ 23,699,115	$ 22,153,423

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The amount of current net defined benefit liability. [Refer: Net defined benefit liability]

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The amount of non-current net defined benefit liability. [Refer: Net defined benefit liability]

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The amount of deficit in a defined benefit plan. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [member]]

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