Monthly Overview of Offshore Banking Units (OBUs)

Number of OBUs and Total Assets     As of April 30, 2015, there were 62 OBUs with total assets of US$188.160 billion, an increase of US$2.687 billion or 1.4% from the previous month.  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 April, the primary uses of funds of all OBUs were loans, which amounted to US$90.099 billion or 47.9% of total assets.  The main sources of funds were vostro account– head office & branches, which amounted to US$86.872 billion or 46.2% of total liabilities.  The uses and sources of funds are summarized as follows:

Destination and Origin of Funds     As of April 30, Asia was the main destination and origin of funds.  The following table provides a geographical breakdown:

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Loans     The total value of all outstanding loans made by all OBUs at the end of April 2015 was US$90.099 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 April is provided below:

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Volume of Export and Import Related Business     The volume of export and import related banking business of all OBUs in April 2015 were US$31.758 billion and US$31.226 billion, respectively.

Turnover of Derivative Products Trading     The turnover of derivative products trading by all OBUs in April 2015 was US$85.731 billion as shown in the table below by product category:

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Notes: The next release will be made at 16:20 p.m. on June 30, 2015.