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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market August 2023

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                   Release Date: September 22, 2023                   

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market August 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$846.1 billion in August 2023. The average daily turnover was US$38.5 billion.

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

257.8

30.5

With domestic banks

 183.1

21.6

With foreign banks

 405.2

47.9

Total

 588.3

69.5

2.By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  369.9

 43.7

USD/RMB

184.7

 21.8

NTD/Other foreign currencies

   13.2

  1.6

EUR/USD

 69.2

  8.2

Total

  383.1

 45.3

USD/YEN

 65.1

  7.7

 

AUD/USD

 50.1

  5.9

GBP/USD

 18.6

  2.2

Other foreign currencies

 75.3

  8.9

Total

463.0

 54.7

3.By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

434.3

51.3

Spot transactions

330.8

39.1

Outright forwards

 54.9

 6.5

Options

 23.9

 2.8

Cross currency swaps

  1.9

 0.2

Margin trading

  0.3

 0.1

4.By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 338.4

40.0

Direct dealing

 507.7

60.0

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In August 2023, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$4.0 billion and US$0.6 billion, respectively.

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