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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market September 2014

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                    Release Date: October 22, 2014

                   

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market

 September 2014

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$739.6 billion in September 2014. The average daily turnover was US$35.2 billion.

 1. By trading counterparty:                  

                                                                                                                                                                (USD billions ,%)

Transactions between banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

187.9

25.4

With domestic banks

165.2

22.3

With foreign banks

386.5

52.3

Total

551.7

74.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.By trading currency:                       

                                                                                                                                                                 (USD billions ,%)

                                              NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

277.4

37.5

USD/RMB

121.4

16.4

NTD/other foreign currencies

 13.9

 1.9

EUR/USD

102.9

13.9

Total

 291.3

 39.4

USD/YEN

 83.7

11.3

 

AUD/USD

  39.3

   5.3

GBP/USD

  30.0

   4.1

USD/other foreign currencies

  71.0

   9.6

Total

 448.3

  60.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.By transaction type:                        

                                                                                                                  (USD billions ,%)

  Items

Amount

%

Spot transactions

297.7

40.2

Foreign exchange swaps

293.7

39.7

Options

103.9

14.1

Outright forwards

 39.5

 5.3

Cross currency swaps

  3.3

 0.5

Margin trading

  1.5

 0.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.By trading platform:                         

                                                                                                                (USD billions ,%)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

142.0

19.2

Direct dealing

597.6

80.8

 

 

 

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In September 2014, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and commodity price swaps & options were US$3.9 billion and US$0.5 billion, respectively.

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