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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market September 2020

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                     Release Date: October 22, 2020                 

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market September 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$714.5 billion in September 2020. The average daily turnover was US$31.1 billion.

1. By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between 

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

232.4

32.5

With domestic banks

166.5

23.3

With foreign banks

315.6

44.2

Total

482.1

67.5

 

2. By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

347.8

48.7

USD/RMB

96.3

13.5

NTD/other foreign currencies

9.8

1.4

EUR/USD

95.5

13.4

Total

357.6

50.1

AUD/USD

43.0

6.0

 

USD/YEN

33.3

4.7

GBP/USD

22.7

3.2

other foreign currencies

66.1

9.1

Total

356.9

49.9

 

3.By transaction type: (USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

353.2

49.4

Spot transactions

299.3

41.9

Outright forwards

36.5

5.1

Options

21.6

3.0

Cross currency swaps

3.4

0.5

Margin trading

0.5

0.1

 

4.By trading platform: (USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

295.8

41.4

Direct dealing

418.7

58.6

 
In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In September 2020, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and commodity price swaps & options were US$2.5 billion and US$0.4 billion, respectively.
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