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Taipei Foreign Exchange Market October 2017

Central Bank of the Republic of China ( Taiwan )

PRESS RELEASE                               Release Date: November 22, 2017           

Taipei Foreign Exchange Market October 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$543.8 billion in October 2017. The average daily turnover was US$28.6 billion.

1. By trading counterparty:                        

                                                                                                                                          (USD billions)

Transactions between 

banks and customers

Interbank transactions

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

176.8

32.5

With domestic banks

138.2

25.4

With foreign banks

228.8

42.1

Total

367.0

67.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. By trading currency:                           

                                                                                                                                          (USD billions)

NTD/foreign currency

Third currency

 

Amount

%

 

Amount

%

NTD/USD

273.0

50.2

EUR/USD

 63.5

11.7

NTD/other foreign currencies

 10.8

 2.0

USD/YEN

 45.4

 8.4

Total

  283.8

  52.2

USD/RMB

 45.2

 8.3

 

AUD/USD

  34.2

   6.3

GBP/USD

  16.4

   3.0

other foreign currencies

  55.3

  10.1

Total

 260.0

  47.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. By transaction type:                          

                                                                                        (USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Foreign exchange swaps

291.0

53.5

Spot transactions

200.8

36.9

Outright forwards

 31.8

 5.8

Options

 16.8

 3.2

Cross currency swaps

  2.7

 0.5

Margin trading

  0.7

 0.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. By trading platform:                            

                                                                                        (USD billions)

Items

Amount

%

Through brokers

178.9

32.9

Direct dealing

364.9

67.1

   

 

 

 

In addition to the above-mentioned foreign exchange transactions, other derivative products were also offered by banks. In October 2017, the turnovers of interest rate swaps and interest rate options were US$5.1 billion and US$2.6 billion, respectively.

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