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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market November 2019

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                Release Date: December 23, 2019             

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market November 2019

The Taipei foreign exchange market covers all foreign exchange transactions made by authorized foreign exchange banks and offshore banking units. After eliminating double counting arising from interbank transactions, total net trading volume in the market amounted to US$642.1 billion in November 2019. The average daily turnover was US$30.6 billion.

1. By trading counterparty:                        

(USD billions)

Transactions between

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

216.5

33.7

With domestic banks

149.1

23.2

With foreign banks

276.5

43.1

Total

425.6

66.3

 

 

2. By trading currency:                            

(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

 311.3

48.5

USD/RMB

 91.3

14.2

NTD/other foreign currencies

  11.7

 1.8

EUR/USD

 58.1

 9.0

Total

323.0

50.3

USD/YEN

 37.4

 5.8

 

AUD/USD

  35.9

 5.6

GBP/USD

  16.2

 2.5

other foreign currencies

  80.2

  12.6

Total

 319.1

  49.7

 

3. By transaction type:                            

(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

337.6

52.6

Spot transactions

233.0

36.3

Outright forwards

 55.3

 8.6

Options

 13.8

 2.1

Cross currency swaps

  2.1

 0.3

Margin trading

  0.3

 0.1

 

4. By trading platform:                            

(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

258.8

40.3

Direct dealing

383.3

59.7

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In November 2019, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$3.0 billion and US$1.5 billion, respectively.

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