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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market February 2025

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                       Release Date: March 24, 2025         

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market February 2025

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$895.6 billion in February 2025. The average daily turnover was US$44.8 billion.

  1. By trading counterparty: (USD billions)

Transactions between 

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

234.5

26.2

With domestic banks

 171.0

19.1

With foreign banks

 490.1

54.7

Total

 661.1

73.8

 
  1. By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  348.1

 38.9

USD/RMB

148.9

 16.6

NTD/Other foreign currencies

   12.8

  1.4

USD/YEN

 81.4

  9.1

Total

  360.9

 40.3

EUR/USD

 73.5

  8.2

 

AUD/USD

 52.9

  5.9

GBP/USD

 24.4

  2.7

Other foreign currencies

153.6

 17.2

Total

534.7

 59.7

 
  1. By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

515.3

57.5

Spot transactions

310.2

34.6

Outright forwards

 42.1

 4.7

Options

 25.0

 2.8

Cross currency swaps

  2.6

 0.3

Margin trading

  0.4

 0.1

 
  1. By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 287.5

32.1

Direct dealing

 608.1

67.9

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In February 2025, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$8.7 billion and US$0.7 billion, respectively.

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