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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market February 2022

Central Bank of the Republic of China(Taiwan)

PRESS RELEASE                                       Release Date: March 22, 2022

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market February 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$557.0 billion in February 2022. The average daily turnover was US$37.1 billion.

 

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

 Amount

 %

 

Amount

%

 167.4

 30.1

With domestic banks

 116.3

 20.9

With foreign banks

 273.3

 49.0

Total

 389.6

 69.9

 

2.By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  242.1

 43.5

EUR/USD

 95.3

 17.1

NTD/other foreign currencies

    8.9

  1.6

USD/RMB

 85.2

 15.3

Total

  251.0

 45.1

AUD/USD

 33.6

  6.0

 

USD/YEN

 21.9

  3.9

GBP/USD

 10.2

  1.8

other foreign currencies

 59.8

 10.8

Total

306.0

 54.9

 

3.By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

273.7

49.1

Spot transactions

230.4

41.4

Outright forwards

 36.2

 6.5

Options

 14.7

 2.6

Cross currency swaps

  1.6

 0.3

Margin trading

  0.4

 0.1

 

4.By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 255.1

45.8

Direct dealing

 301.9

54.2

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In February 2022, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$6.1 billion and US$2.1 billion, respectively.

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