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The amount of risk exposure associated with financial instruments with a shared characteristic that identifies a concentration of risks. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]]

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph B8
-Subparagraph c
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_B8_c&doctype=Appendix&seq=2
-URIDate 2017-03-09

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Number Of Credit Risk Categories

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Risk Exposure Associated With Instruments Sharing Characteristic, Concentration Percentage

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Risk Exposure Associated With Instruments Sharing Characteristic, Number Of Customers

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