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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market July 2024

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                      Release Date: August 22, 2024                       

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market July 2024

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$935.3 billion in July 2024. The average daily turnover was US$44.5 billion.

 

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between                              banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

295.1

31.5

With domestic banks

 192.6

20.6

With foreign banks

 447.6

47.9

Total

 640.2

68.5

 
2.By trading currency:(USD billions)
 

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  413.0

 44.2

USD/RMB

189.6

 20.3

NTD/Other foreign currencies

   14.4

  1.5

USD/YEN

 98.3

 10.5

Total

  427.4

 45.7

AUD/USD

 51.7

  5.5

 

EUR/USD

 50.3

  5.4

GBP/USD

 15.4

  1.6

Other foreign currencies

102.6

 11.0

Total

507.9

 54.3

3.By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

481.0

51.4

Spot transactions

373.4

39.9

Outright forwards

 55.9

 6.0

Options

 22.5

 2.4

Cross currency swaps

  2.3

 0.2

Margin trading

  0.2

 0.1

 
4.By trading platform:(USD billions)
 

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 337.6

36.1

Direct dealing

 597.7

63.9

 
In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In July 2024, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$6.3 billion and US$0.9 billion, respectively.
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