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Income taxes (Details 1) - CLP ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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IncomeTaxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Current tax assets, non-current |  | $ 1,270,941 | $ 1,316,300
Taxes under claim [Member] |  |  |
IncomeTaxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Current tax assets, non-current | [1] | 1,173,281 | 1,173,281
Others [Member] |  |  |
IncomeTaxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Current tax assets, non-current | [2] | $ 97,660 | $ 143,019
[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.

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