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Income taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Income taxes paid (refund) [abstract] |
Disclosure Of Current Tax Assets [Text Block] | Taxes receivables are detailed as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2018 |  |  | As of December 31, 2017 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Refundable tax previous year |  |  | 11,884,421 |  |  |  | 9,640,567 |
Taxes under claim (1) |  |  | 968,195 |  |  |  | 968,195 |
Argentinean tax credits |  |  | 440,172 |  |  |  | 4,813,614 |
Monthly provisions |  |  | 3,686,905 |  |  |  | 12,537,248 |
Payment of absorbed profit provision |  |  | - |  |  |  | 24,104 |
Other credits |  |  | 322,736 |  |  |  | 44,150 |
Total |  |  | 17,302,429 |  |  |  | 28,027,878 |
| (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.
Disclosure Of Current Tax Assets Noncurrent [Text Block] | Taxes receivables are detailed as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2018 |  |  | As of December 31, 2017 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Taxes under claim (1) |  |  | 1,173,281 |  |  |  | 1,173,281 |
Others (2) |  |  | 97,660 |  |  |  | 143,019 |
Total |  |  | 1,270,941 |  |  |  | 1,316,300 |
| (1) | This item includes claims for refund of first category taxes (Provisional payment of absorved profit) that was presented in April 2010 from the commercial year 2009.
| (2) | Corresponds to the minimum presumed income tax of Argentine subsidiaries, whose recovery period is estimated to be more than one year.
Disclosure of current tax liabilities [Text Block] | Taxes payable are detailed as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2018 |  |  | As of December 31, 2017 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Chilean Tax income (expense) |  |  | 71,587,790 |  |  |  | 18,335,047 |
Monthly provisional payments |  |  | 3,946,196 |  |  |  | 3,970,511 |
Chilean unique taxes |  |  | 101,474 |  |  |  | 105,903 |
Other |  |  | 249,989 |  |  |  | 115,173 |
Total |  |  | 75,885,449 |  |  |  | 22,526,634 |
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, 2018, 2017 and 2016, are detailed as follows:
|  | For the years ended as of December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Income as per deferred tax related to the origin and reversal of temporary differences |  |  | 9,930,675 |  |  |  | (500,800 | ) |  |  | (878,629 | )
Prior year adjustments |  |  | 484,985 |  |  |  | 569,212 |  |  |  | 3,838,136 |
Effect of change in tax rates |  |  | 23,903 |  |  |  | (50,071 | ) |  |  | (856,612 | )
Tax benefits (loss) |  |  | (1,795,446 | ) |  |  | 611,282 |  |  |  | (765,292 | )
Total deferred tax expense |  |  | 8,644,117 |  |  |  | 629,623 |  |  |  | 1,337,603 |
Current tax expense |  |  | (144,929,220 | ) |  |  | (47,841,130 | ) |  |  | (31,285,976 | )
Prior period adjustments |  |  | 158,286 |  |  |  | (1,154,469 | ) |  |  | (298,010 | )
Total expenses (income) for current taxes |  |  | (144,770,934 | ) |  |  | (48,995,599 | ) |  |  | (31,583,986 | )
(Loss) Income from income tax |  |  | (136,126,817 | ) |  |  | (48,365,976 | ) |  |  | (30,246,383 | )
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, |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Net income from cash flow hedge |  |  | (16,196 | ) |  |  | 728 |  |  |  | (20,648 | )
Actuarial gains and losses deriving from defined benefit plans |  |  | 339,533 |  |  |  | (47,228 | ) |  |  | 659,198 |
Charge to equity |  |  | 323,337 |  |  |  | (46,500 | ) |  |  | 638,550 |
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, 2018, 2017 and 2016 represents 29.71% , 24.62% and 17.80%, 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, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | Rate % |  |  | ThCh $ |  |  | Rate % |  |  | ThCh $ |  |  | Rate % |
Income before taxes |  |  | 458,211,348 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 196,474,395 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 170,328,270 |  |  |  |  |
Income tax using the statutory rate |  |  | (123,717,064 | ) |  |  | 27.00 |  |  |  | (50,100,971 | ) |  |  | 25.50 |  |  |  | (40,878,785 | ) |  |  | 24.00 |
Adjustments to reach the effective rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax effect of permanent differences, net |  |  | (14,596,485 | ) |  |  | 3.19 |  |  |  | 4,071,180 |  |  |  | (2.07 | ) |  |  | 10,357,858 |  |  |  | (6.10 | )
Effect of change in tax rate |  |  | 23,903 |  |  |  | (0.01 | ) |  |  | (50,071 | ) |  |  | 0.03 |  |  |  | (856,612 | ) |  |  | 0.50 |
Effect of tax rates in Argentina and Uruguay |  |  | 1,519,558 |  |  |  | (0.33 | ) |  |  | (1,700,857 | ) |  |  | 0.86 |  |  |  | (1,308,482 | ) |  |  | 0.80 |
Prior year adjustments |  |  | 643,271 |  |  |  | (0.14 | ) |  |  | (585,257 | ) |  |  | 0.30 |  |  |  | 2,439,638 |  |  |  | (1.40 | )
Income tax, as reported |  |  | (136,126,817 | ) |  |  | 29.71 |  |  |  | (48,365,976 | ) |  |  | 24.62 |  |  |  | (30,246,383 | ) |  |  | 17.80 |
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, 2018 |  |  | As of December 31, 2017 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Deferred taxes assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable impairment provision |  |  | 1,406,961 |  |  |  | 1,136,789 |
Other non-tax expenses |  |  | 8,825,378 |  |  |  | 10,597,985 |
Benefits to staff |  |  | 3,468,874 |  |  |  | 3,328,263 |
Inventory impairment provision |  |  | 352,183 |  |  |  | 401,487 |
Severance indemnity |  |  | 6,829,816 |  |  |  | 6,133,014 |
Inventory valuation |  |  | 2,143,768 |  |  |  | 2,228,552 |
Intangibles |  |  | 241,802 |  |  |  | 229,725 |
Other assets |  |  | 10,639,754 |  |  |  | 10,436,908 |
Tax loss carryforwards |  |  | 3,782,552 |  |  |  | 5,858,606 |
Total assets from deferred taxes |  |  | 37,691,088 |  |  |  | 40,351,329 |
Deferred taxes liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment depreciation |  |  | 51,471,109 |  |  |  | 45,380,381 |
Agricultural operation expenses |  |  | 7,150,018 |  |  |  | 7,130,896 |
Manufacturing indirect activation costs |  |  | 5,743,496 |  |  |  | 5,258,290 |
Intangibles |  |  | 16,614,440 |  |  |  | 11,736,406 |
Land |  |  | 25,408,185 |  |  |  | 23,313,756 |
Other liabilities |  |  | 2,112,923 |  |  |  | 1,530,382 |
Total liabilities from deferred taxes |  |  | 108,500,171 |  |  |  | 94,350,111 |
Total |  |  | (70,809,083 | ) |  |  | (53,998,782 | )
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 |  | ThCh$ |
As of January 1, 2017 |  |  | (54,950,823 | )
Deferred taxes from tax loss carry forwards absortion |  |  | 629,623 |
Conversion effect |  |  | 369,646 |
Deferred taxes against equity |  |  | (47,228 | )
Changes |  |  | 952,041 |
As of December 31, 2017 |  |  | (53,998,782 | )
As of January 1, 2018 |  |  |  |
Deferred taxes related to credited items (charged) directly to equity (1) |  |  | (24,537,164 | )
Deferred taxes from tax loss carry forwards absortion |  |  | 8,644,117 |
Conversion effect |  |  | (967,300 | )
Deferred taxes against equity |  |  | 339,533 |
Other deferred movements taxes |  |  | (289,487 | )
Changes |  |  | (16,810,301 | )
As of December 31, 2018 |  |  | (70,809,083 | )
(1) Corresponds to the financial effect of the application IAS 29 "Financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies”. See Note 4 - Accounting changes, letter b) .

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