Applicable tax rate under attributed income system.

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Applicable tax rate under partially integrated system.

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Line items represent concepts included in income taxes.

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The amount of deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised in the statement of financial position. [Refer: Temporary differences [member]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 12
-IssueDate 2016-01-13
-Paragraph 81
-Subparagraph e
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-URIDate 2016-03-31

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The aggregate amount of temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, branches and associates and interests in joint arrangements, for which deferred tax liabilities have not been recognised as a result of satisfying both of the following conditions: (a) the parent, investor, joint venturer or joint operator is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference; and (b) it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. [Refer: Associates [member]; Subsidiaries [member]; Temporary differences [member]; Investments in subsidiaries]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 12
-IssueDate 2016-01-13
-Paragraph 81
-Subparagraph f
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=12&date=2016-03-30&anchor=para_81_f&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2016-03-31

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The amount of unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset is recognised in the statement of financial position. [Refer: Unused tax losses [member]]

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Deferred Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - CLP ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of income taxes [line items]
Unrecognized deferred tax assets tax loss carryforwards				$ 0
Temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and joint ventures	$ 116,489,507,000			59,530,551,000
Deferred tax asset not recognized for deductible temporary differences	$ 385,427,246,000			$ 238,424,357,000
Applicable tax rate under integrated system	24.00%	22.50%	21.00%
2017 [Member]
Disclosure of income taxes [line items]
Applicable tax rate under integrated system	25.00%
Applicable tax rate under integrated system	25.50%
2018 [Member]
Disclosure of income taxes [line items]
Applicable tax rate under integrated system	27.00%