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Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Inventories [Abstract] |
Disclosure Of Inventory Balances [Text Block] | The inventories balances are detailed as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2018 |  |  | As of December 31, 2017 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Finished products |  |  | 83,843,751 |  |  |  | 74,897,803 |
In process products |  |  | 3,109,463 |  |  |  | 2,861,150 |
Raw material |  |  | 127,732,091 |  |  |  | 114,911,632 |
In transit raw material |  |  | 8,488,881 |  |  |  | 5,236,825 |
Materials and products |  |  | 6,206,087 |  |  |  | 5,618,614 |
Realizable net value estimate and obsolescence |  |  | (1,318,036 | ) |  |  | (1,538,133 | )
Total |  |  | 228,062,237 |  |  |  | 201,987,891 |
Changes In Current Estimate At Net Realisable Value [Text Block] | The movement of net realizable value and obsolescence estimate is detailed as follows:
|  | As of December 31, 2018 |  |  | As of December 31, 2017 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Initial balance |  |  | (1,538,133 | ) |  |  | (2,337,354 | )
Inventories write-down estimation |  |  | (3,081,986 | ) |  |  | (2,268,199 | )
Estimates resulting from business combinations (1) |  |  | (101,244 | ) |  |  | - |
Inventories recognised as an expense |  |  | 3,296,095 |  |  |  | 2,981,075 |
Business combinations effect |  |  | 107,232 |  |  |  | 86,345 |
Total |  |  | (1,318,036 | ) |  |  | (1,538,133 | )
| (1) | See Note 15 – Business Combinations .

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