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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market January 2022

Central Bank of the Republic of China(Taiwan)

PRESS RELEASE                                   Release Date: February 22, 2022

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market January 2022

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$715.1 billion in January 2022. The average daily turnover was US$34.1 billion.

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

 Amount

 %

 

Amount

%

 219.9

 30.7

With domestic banks

 158.3

 22.1

With foreign banks

 336.9

 47.2

Total

 495.2

 69.3

 

2.By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  331.3

 46.3

USD/RMB

 110.3

 15.4

NTD/other foreign currencies

   11.7

  1.6

EUR/USD

 86.0

 12.0

Total

  343.0

 47.9

AUD/USD

 48.6

  6.8

 

USD/YEN

 42.7

  6.0

GBP/USD

 19.5

  2.7

other foreign currencies

 65.0

  9.2

Total

372.1

 52.1

 

3.By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

355.3

49.7

Spot transactions

299.5

41.9

Outright forwards

 37.5

 5.2

Options

 21.0

 2.9

Cross currency swaps

  1.5

 0.3

Margin trading

  0.3

 0.0

 

4.By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 353.3

49.4

Direct dealing

 361.8

50.6

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In January 2022, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$8.6 billion and US$1.2 billion, respectively.

 

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