Monthly Overview of Offshore Banking Units (OBUs)

Number of OBUs and Total Assets     As of January 31, 2012, there were 62 OBUs with total assets of US$149.114 billion, an increase of US$27.471 billion or 22.58% yoy.  The breakdown of the information in terms of domestic and foreign banks is shown in the table below:

Uses and Sources of Funds     At the end of January, the main uses of funds of all OBUs were loans, which accounted for 41% of total assets.  The main sources of funds were deposits by financial institutions and due to related offices, which together accounted for 62% of total liabilities.  The uses and sources of funds are summarized as follows:

Distribution of Destination and Origin of Funds     As of January 31, Asia was the main destination as well as origin of funds.  The following table explains the distribution of funds:

(%)

Loans     The total value of all outstanding loans made by all OBUs at the end of January 2012 was US$60.666 billion, the composition of which is as follows:

Turnover of Foreign Exchange Trading     The data on the turnover of foreign exchange trading by all OBUs for the month of January is provided below:

(USD billions)

Volume of Export and Import Related Business     The volume of export and import related banking business of all OBUs in January 2012 were US$29.980 billion and US$25.937 billion respectively.

Turnover of Derivative Products Trading     The turnover of derivative products trading by all OBUs in January 2012 was US$30.515 billion, which is categorized as in the table below:

(USD billions)

Note: The next dissemination will be made at 16:20 p.m. on April 3, 2012.