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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market March 2025

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                        Release Date: April 22, 2025          

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market March 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$1,021.4 billion in March 2025. The average daily turnover was US$48.6 billion.

  1. By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between 

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

273.1

26.7

With domestic banks

 195.4

19.2

With foreign banks

 552.9

54.1

Total

 748.3

73.3

  1. By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  402.0

 39.4

USD/RMB

171.8

 16.8

NTD/Other foreign currencies

   14.7

  1.4

USD/YEN

112.3

 11.0

Total

  416.7

 40.8

EUR/USD

 85.5

  8.4

 

AUD/USD

 57.6

  5.6

GBP/USD

 23.3

  2.3

Other foreign currencies

154.2

 15.1

Total

604.7

 59.2

  1. By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

568.7

55.7

Spot transactions

375.6

36.8

Outright forwards

 47.3

 4.6

Options

 26.2

 2.5

Cross currency swaps

  2.9

 0.3

Margin trading

  0.7

 0.1

  1. By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 346.2

33.9

Direct dealing

 675.2

66.1

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In March 2025, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$12.2 billion and US$0.8 billion, respectively.
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