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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market May 2023

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                         Release Date: June 26, 2023        

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market May 2023

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$862.6 billion in May 2023. The average daily turnover was US$39.2 billion.

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

252.9

29.3

With domestic banks

 182.8

21.2

With foreign banks

 426.9

49.5

Total

 609.7

70.7

2.By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  355.4

 41.2

USD/RMB

186.0

 21.6

NTD/Other foreign currencies

   13.4

  1.6

USD/YEN

 76.0

  8.8

Total

  368.8

 42.8

EUR/USD

 73.8

  8.6

 

AUD/USD

 48.4

  5.6

GBP/USD

 20.5

  2.4

Other foreign currencies

 89.1

 10.2

Total

493.8

 57.2

3.By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

426.5

49.4

Spot transactions

359.3

41.6

Outright forwards

 54.2

 6.3

Options

 21.2

 2.5

Cross currency swaps

  1.1

 0.1

Margin trading

  0.3

 0.1

4.By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 345.1

40.0

Direct dealing

 517.5

60.0

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In May 2023, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$7.5 billion and US$0.4 billion, respectively.

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