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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market September 2022

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                   Release Date: October 24, 2022                   

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market September 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$786.6 billion in September 2022. The average daily turnover was US$37.5 billion.

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount %

%

 

Amount

%

249.3

31.7

With domestic banks

 183.3

23.3

With foreign banks

 354.0

45.0

Total

 537.3

68.3

 

2.By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  375.1

 47.7

USD/RMB

129.0

 16.4

NTD/Other foreign currencies

   12.0

  1.5

EUR/USD

 75.7

  9.6

Total

  387.1

 49.2

USD/YEN

 58.8

  7.5

 

AUD/USD

 43.4

  5.5

GBP/USD

 22.3

  2.8

Other foreign currencies

 70.3

  9.0

Total

399.5

 50.8

 

3.By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

383.1

48.7

Spot transactions

329.7

41.9

Outright forwards

 53.3

 6.8

Options

 17.6

 2.2

Cross currency swaps

  2.4

 0.3

Margin trading

  0.5

 0.1

 

4.By trading platform: (USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 395.7

50.3

Direct dealing

 390.9

49.7

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In September 2022, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$8.0 billion and US$0.8 billion, respectively.

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