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Financial results (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of income statement [Abstract] |
Disclosure of detailed information about income statement [Text Block] | The financial results composition is detailed as follows:
|  | For the years ended as of December 31, |
Financial results |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
|  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |  |  | ThCh $ |
Finance income |  |  | 15,794,456 |  |  |  | 5,050,952 |  |  |  | 5,680,068 |
Finance costs |  |  | (23,560,662 | ) |  |  | (24,166,313 | ) |  |  | (20,307,238 | )
Foreign currency exchange differences |  |  | 3,299,657 |  |  |  | (2,563,019 | ) |  |  | 456,995 |
Result as per adjustment units |  |  | 742,041 |  |  |  | (110,539 | ) |  |  | (2,246,846 | )

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