Foreign Exchange Settlement Practices in Australia Annex C Currency Data

December 1997

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Currency	No. of dealers	Settlement method			Monthly settlements (AUD million)		Ranking by turnover
		A	B	C	Payments	Receipts
AED	1	0	1	0	Nil	~	44
ATS	12	10	0	2	114	121	26
AUD^*	24	8	1	16	646,695	644,033	2
AUD (vostro)	13	n.a.			646,922	729,093	n.a.
BDT	1	0	1	0	Nil	~	46
BEF	15	12	0	3	207	203	21
BHD	1	1	0	0	Nil	68	29
BND	1	0	1	0	~	~	49
CAD	23	16	4	3	6,736	6,771	14
CHF	23	17	4	2	19,920	19,735	7
CNY	2	2	0	0	Nil	1	43
CYP	2	2	0	0	Nil	7	40
DEM	23	10	8	5	200,110	200,167	3
DKK	14	14	0	0	171	178	24
ESP	17	14	0	3	1,098	1,110	18
FIM	11	11	0	0	180	175	23
FJD	6	4	0	2	19	21	32
FRF	20	14	1	5	19,239	19,354	8
GBP	23	8	7	8	88,244	87,810	6
GRD	6	4	1	1	9	10	35
HKD	18	8	3	7	12,837	13,092	11
IDR	10	5	2	3	7,381	7,379	13
IEP	6	6	0	0	38	44	28
INR	5	3	2	0	5	40	31
ITL	18	15	0	3	5,543	5,567	16
JPY	24	12	7	5	119,594	119,280	4
KES	1	1	0	0	Nil	~	47
KWD	1	1	0	0	~	Nil	50
LKR	3	2	1	0	~	9	38
MTL	3	3	0	0	Nil	50	30
MUR	1	1	0	0	Nil	~	45
MYR	15	11	2	2	17,181	17,131	9
NLG	16	13	0	3	3,383	3,331	17
NOK	14	14	0	0	315	316	20
NZD	24	19	3	2	118,410	116,973	5
OMR	1	1	0	0	~	Nil	51
PGK	5	4	1	0	14	16	33
PHP	5	4	0	1	5	6	37
PKR	3	2	1	0	16	9	34
PTE	10	9	0	1	52	53	27
SAR	2	2	0	0	~	257	25
SBD	4	2	0	2	~	12	36
SEK	17	16	0	1	984	1,007	19
SGD	20	11	2	7	16,753	16,710	10
THB	10	6	1	3	6,282	5,075	15
TRL	1	1	0	0	~	Nil	48
USD	24	12	5	7	1,264,576	1,255,028	1
VUV	3	1	1	1	1	1	42
WST	2	1	1	0	Nil	4	41
XEU	17	8	4	5	12,466	12,324	12
XPF	3	2	0	1	4	4	39
ZAR	5	4	0	1	200	206	22
~ Values round to zero when converted into AUD equivalents. * One respondent had two principal methods for settling AUD transactions.

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