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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market May 2020

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                         Release Date: June 22, 2020                  

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market May 2020

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$653.4 billion in May 2020. The average daily turnover was US$32.7 billion.

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

208.3

31.9

With domestic banks

167.7

25.7

With foreign banks

277.4

42.4

Total

445.1

68.1

 
2.By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

319.8

48.9

USD/RMB

109.3

16.7

NTD/other foreign currencies

8.4

1.2

EUR/USD

78.3

12.0

Total

328.2

50.1

AUD/USD

31.3

4.8

 

USD/YEN

24.7

3.8

GBP/USD

17.1

2.6

other foreign currencies

64.5

10.0

Total

325.2

49.9

 

3.By transaction type:  (USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

328.3

50.2

Spot transactions

269.6

41.3

Outright forwards

38.3

5.9

Options

15.1

2.3

Cross currency swaps

1.6

0.2

Margin trading

0.5

0.1

 

4.By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

245.0

37.5

Direct dealing

408.4

62.5

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In May 2020, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$2.3 billion and US$0.4 billion, respectively.

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