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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market November 2020

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                   Release Date: December 22, 2020                    

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market November 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$638.0 billion in November 2020. The average daily turnover was US$30.4 billion.

 

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between banks and customers

 

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

234.1

36.7

With domestic banks

132.9

20.8

With foreign banks

271.0

42.5

Total

403.9

 

63.3

 

2.By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  313.6

49.2

USD/RMB

  96.5

15.1

NTD/other foreign currencies

   10.0

 1.6

EUR/USD

  72.2

11.3

Total

    323.6

  50.8

AUD/USD

  39.3

 6.2

 

USD/YEN

  28.3

  4.4

GBP/USD

  19.4

  3.0

other foreign currencies

  58.7

  9.2

Total

 314.4

 49.2

 

3.By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

304.7

47.8

Spot transactions

277.8

43.5

Outright forwards

 35.4

 5.5

Options

 16.2

 2.5

Cross currency swaps

  3.2

 0.6

Margin trading

  0.7

 0.1

 

4.By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

261.6

41.0

Direct dealing

376.4

59.0

 
In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In November 2020, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$1.8 billion and US$0.5 billion, respectively.
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