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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market May 2025

Central Bank of the Republic of China(Taiwan)

PRESS RELEASE                                         Release Date: June 23, 2025

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market May 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$953.3 billion in May 2025. The average daily turnover was US$47.7 billion.

1. By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

268.1

28.1

With domestic banks

 180.9

19.0

With foreign banks

 504.3

52.9

Total

 685.2

71.9

 

2. By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

  374.3

 39.3

USD/RMB

124.0

 13.0

NTD/Other foreign currencies

   17.0

  1.7

USD/YEN

 95.2

 10.0

Total

  391.3

 41.0

EUR/USD

 94.8

  9.9

 

AUD/USD

 46.6

  4.9

GBP/USD

 30.1

  3.2

Other foreign currencies

171.3

 18.0

Total

562.0

 59.0

 

3. By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

486.3

51.0

Spot transactions

380.4

39.9

Outright forwards

 62.8

 6.6

Options

 21.9

 2.3

Cross currency swaps

  1.4

 0.1

Margin trading

  0.5

 0.1

 

4. By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

 329.8

34.6

Direct dealing

 623.5

65.4

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In May 2025, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$6.3 billion and US$0.5 billion, respectively.

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