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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market August 2025

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                   Release Date: September 22, 2025                   

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market August 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$1,016.5 billion in August 2025. The average daily turnover was US$48.4 billion.

1.By trading counterparty:(USD billions)

Transactions between  banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

266.8

26.2

With domestic banks

165.5

16.3

With foreign banks

584.2

57.5

Total

749.7

73.8

 

2.By trading currency:(USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

366.6

36.1

USD/RMB

126.7

12.5

NTD/Other foreign currencies

13.2

1.3

EUR/USD

114.5

11.3

Total

379.8

37.4

USD/YEN

96.9

9.5

 

AUD/USD

47.3

4.7

GBP/USD

38.6

3.8

Other foreign currencies

212.7

20.8

Total

636.7

62.6

 

3.By transaction type:(USD billions)

 Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

573.2

56.4

Spot transactions

360.0

35.4

Outright forwards

50.8

5.0

Options

29.4

2.9

Cross currency swaps

2.7

0.2

Margin trading

0.4

 0.1

 

4.By trading platform:(USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

251.1

24.7

Direct dealing

765.4

75.3

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In August 2025, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$11.6 billion and US$0.9 billion, respectively.

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