Chinanews.com, October 23. According to the website of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, statistics from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange show that in September 2020, banks settled 1.2341 billion yuan in foreign exchange, sold 1207.1 billion yuan, and had a surplus of 26.9 billion yuan. Renminbi; in U.S. dollars, banks settled 181.1 billion U.S. dollars, sold 177.1 billion U.S. dollars, and had a surplus of 4 billion U.S. dollars.
From January to September 2020, banks have settled a total of 10,249.6 billion yuan in foreign exchange, and have sold a total of 9,713.9 billion yuan in foreign exchange, with a cumulative foreign exchange settlement and sales surplus of 535.7 billion yuan; in U.S. dollars, banks have settled a total of 1,466.3 billion U.S. dollars and sold 1,399.1 billion U.S. dollars, with a cumulative foreign exchange settlement and sales surplus of US$76.2 billion.
In September 2020, the bank's foreign-related income on behalf of customers was 2901.3 billion yuan, foreign payments were 2.8114 billion yuan, and foreign-related receipts and payments had a surplus of 89.9 billion yuan.
From January to September 2020, the accumulated foreign-related revenue of banks on behalf of clients was 21,711.0 billion yuan, the accumulated external payments were 2,14411 billion yuan, and the accumulated foreign-related receipts and payments had a surplus of 260 billion yuan.
In terms of U.S. dollars, in September 2020, banks’ foreign-related revenues on behalf of customers were US$425.7 billion, foreign payments were US$412.5 billion, and foreign-related receipts and payments had a surplus of US$13.2 billion.
From January to September 2020, the bank’s accumulative foreign-related revenues of 31,055 billion U.S. dollars, accumulated external payments of 3,068.1 billion U.S. dollars, and accumulated foreign-related receipts and payments surplus of 37.4 billion U.S. dollars.