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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market November 2021

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                   Release Date: December 22, 2021               

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market November 2021

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$645.6 billion in November 2021. The average daily turnover was US$29.3 billion.

1. By trading counterparty: (USD billions)

Transactions between

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

 Amount

 %

 

Amount

%

 207.6

 32.2

With domestic banks

 135.8

 21.0

With foreign banks

 302.2

 46.8

Total

 438.0

 67.8

 
2. By trading currency: (USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  294.5

 45.6

USD/RMB

 92.4

 14.3

NTD/other foreign currencies

   12.3

  1.9

EUR/USD

 87.8

 13.6

Total

  306.8

 47.5

AUD/USD

 43.3

  6.7

 

USD/YEN

 33.6

  5.2

GBP/USD

 17.1

  2.6

other foreign currencies

 64.6

 10.1

Total

338.8

 52.5

 
3. By transaction type: (USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

304.7

47.2

Spot transactions

284.8

44.1

Outright forwards

 37.8

 5.9

Options

 16.9

 2.6

Cross currency swaps

  1.1

 0.2

Margin trading

  0.3

 0.0

 
4. By trading platform: (USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 274.4

42.5

Direct dealing

 371.2

57.5

 
In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In November 2021, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$7.4 billion and US$0.5 billion, respectively.
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