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Property, plant and equipment - Useful lives of property, plant and equipment (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Bottom of range [member] | Buildings [member] |
Property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 5 years
Bottom of range [member] | Machinery [member] |
Property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 3 years
Bottom of range [member] | Other property, plant and equipment [member] |
Property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 1 year
Top of range [member] | Buildings [member] |
Property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 50 years
Top of range [member] | Machinery [member] |
Property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 20 years
Top of range [member] | Other property, plant and equipment [member] |
Property, plant and equipment [Line Items] |
Useful life measured as period of time, property, plant and equipment | 10 years

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- Definition The useful life, measured as period of time, used for property, plant and equipment. [Refer: Property, plant and equipment] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 16 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 73 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=16&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_73_c&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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- References No definition available. + Details
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