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The amount of contractual undiscounted cash flows in relation to contractual amounts to be exchanged in a derivative financial instrument for which gross cash flows are exchanged. [Refer: Derivatives [member]]

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The amount of current financial assets. [Refer: Financial assets]

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The amount of current financial liabilities. [Refer: Financial liabilities]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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Derivative maturity date month and year.

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