23-36Exchange Rates and the Effective Exchange Rate Indices
(HKD per unit of foreign currency)
Item
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Average for the year¢Ù
Australian Dollar
5.76
4.88
5.01
4.53
4.04
Belgian Franc
0.218
0.215
0.205
0.178
0.173
Canadian Dollar
5.59
5.23
5.22
5.25
5.04
Chinese Renminbi(per HK$100)
107.07
106.87
106.67
106.17
106.04
Deutsche Mark
4.47
4.41
4.23
3.68
3.57
Dutch Guilder
3.97
3.91
3.75
3.27
3.17
French Franc
1.33
1.32
1.26
1.10
1.07
Indonesian Rupiah
0.0029
0.0008
0.0010
0.0009
0.0008
Italian Lira
0.0046
0.0045
0.0043
0.0037
0.0036
Japanese Yen
0.0641
0.0595
0.0685
0.0723
0.0643
Malaysian Ringgit
2.81
1.99
2.04
2.04
2.04
New Taiwan Dollar
0.263
0.230
0.240
0.248
0.232
Philippine Peso
0.2703
0.1943
0.2011
0.1797
0.1573
Pound Sterling
12.69
12.83
12.55
11.81
11.24
Republic of Korea Won
0.0083
0.0056
0.0065
0.0069
0.0060
Singapore Dollar
5.23
4.64
4.58
4.52
4.36
Swiss Franc
5.34
5.35
5.17
4.62
4.63
Thai Baht
0.262
0.190
0.205
0.194
0.175
US Dollar
7.742
7.745
7.758
7.791
7.799
Euro¢Û
-
-
8.27
7.20
6.99
SDR
10.65346
10.50555
10.60682
10.27532
9.92836
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar¢Ý
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import
98.0
103.4
100.9
101.7
104.7
and
export)-weighted
Import-weighted
97.9
105.5
101.4
101.5
105.1
Export-weighted¢Ü
98.1
101.3
100.4
101.9
104.3
As at end of year¢Ú
Australian Dollar
5.06
4.76
5.06
4.35
3.99
Belgian Franc
0.211
0.227
0.194
0.182
0.171
Canadian Dollar
5.41
5.00
5.35
5.20
4.90
Chinese Renminbi(per HK$100)
106.85
106.86
106.61
106.04
106.04
Deutsche Mark
4.33
4.62
4.00
3.76
3.53
Dutch Guilder
3.84
4.10
3.55
3.33
3.13
French Franc
1.29
1.38
1.19
1.12
1.05
Indonesian Rupiah
0.0015
0.0010
0.0011
0.0008
0.0007
Italian Lira
0.0044
0.0047
0.0040
0.0038
0.0036
Japanese Yen
0.0597
0.0682
0.0761
0.0682
0.0594
Malaysian Ringgit
2.01
2.04
2.04
2.04
2.04
New Taiwan Dollar
0.231
0.244
0.245
0.238
0.226
Philippine Peso
0.2005
0.2015
0.1935
0.1675
0.1585
Pound Sterling
12.85
12.86
12.59
11.64
11.31
Republic of Korea Won
0.0045
0.0064
0.0069
0.0062
0.0060
Singapore Dollar
4.62
4.69
4.66
4.50
4.21
Swiss Franc
5.33
5.62
4.88
4.84
4.67
Thai Baht
0.170
0.211
0.207
0.180
0.177
US Dollar
7.746
7.746
7.771
7.796
7.797
Euro¢Û
-
-
7.82
7.34
6.91
SDR
10.45129
10.90660
10.65370
10.16140
9.79010
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar¢Ý
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import and
export)-weighted
104.9
100.3
100.1
102.9
105.9
Import-weighted
107.9
101.4
100.0
103.2
106.7
Export-weighted¢Ü
102.0
99.3
100.2
102.6
105.1
Notes:
Hong Kong dollar is the legal tender in the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China".
Foreign currency refers to any currency other than the Hong Kong currency.
Accordingly Chinese Renminbi is also treated as foreign currency.
¢ÙFigures are the averages of
the daily closing middle-market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates for
the year.
¢ÚFigures are based on closing
middle-market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates as at the last
trading day of the year.
¢ÛLaunched on 1 January 1999.
¢ÜIncluding re-exports and
domestic exports.
¢ÝNew series released since 2
January 2002.For details,
please see the feature article entitled "New Series of Effective
Exchange Rate Index for the Hong Kong Dollar" in the December 2001 issue of the
"Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics".