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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market September 2017

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                                  Release Date: October 23, 2017          

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market September 2017

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$648.4 billion in September 2017. The average daily turnover was US$29.5 billion.

1. By trading counterparty:                        

                                                                                                                                          (USD billions)

Transactions between banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

198.6

30.6

With domestic banks

153.9

23.7

With foreign banks

295.9

45.7

Total

449.8

69.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.By trading currency:                            

                                                                                                                                          (USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

305.4

47.1

EUR/USD

 77.6

12.0

NTD/other foreign currencies

 11.8

 1.8

USD/RMB

 69.0

10.6

Total

  317.2

  48.9

USD/YEN

 63.5

 9.8

 

AUD/USD

  34.0

   5.2

GBP/USD

  20.5

   3.2

other foreign currencies

  66.6

  10.3

Total

 331.2

  51.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.By transaction type:                            

                                                                                        (USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

312.9

48.3

Spot transactions

272.3

42.0

Outright forwards

 36.4

 5.6

Options

 22.9

 3.5

Cross currency swaps

  3.1

 0.5

Margin trading

  0.8

 0.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.By trading platform:                            

                                                                                         (USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

193.2

29.8

Direct dealing

455.2

70.2

 

 

 

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In September 2017, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$5.4 billion and US$1.2 billion, respectively.

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