Assets pledged as collateral for contingencies refer to lawsuits involving contingent liabilities and are restricted or in escrow deposits, as shown in the table below:
12/31/2017 | 12/31/2016 | |||||||
Financial assets held for trading and Available-for-sale financial assets |
962 | 950 | ||||||
(basically financial treasury bills) |
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Escrow deposits (Note 20a) |
4,585 | 4,537 |