China’ SAFE Releases Foreign Exchange Data in February 2021

China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), the Chinese government's foreign exchange and international trade agency, has released its foreign exchange settlement and sales by banks and data on foreign-related receipts and payments by non-banking Sectors in February 2021.

As shown in the statistics, the amount of foreign exchange settlement and sales by banks was RMB 1091.6 billion and RMB 910.6 billion, respectively, with a surplus of RMB 181.0 billion. During January to February 2021, the accumulative amount of foreign exchange settlement and sales by banks was RMB 2383.9 billion and RMB 1938.5 billion, respectively, with an accumulative surplus of RMB 445.4 billion.

In the US dollar terms, in February 2021, the amount of foreign exchange settlement and sales by banks was USD 169.0 billion and USD 141.0 billion, respectively, with a surplus of USD 28.0 billion. During January to February 2021, the accumulative amount of foreign exchange settlement and sales by banks was USD 368.5 billion and USD 299.7 billion, respectively, with an accumulative surplus of USD 68.8 billion.

In February 2021, the amount of cross-border receipts and payments by non-banking sectors was RMB 2411.1 billion and RMB 2196.6 billion, respectively, with a surplus of RMB 214.5 billion. During January to February 2021, the accumulative amount of cross-border receipts and payments by non-banking sectors was RMB 5606.3 billion and RMB 5075.4 billion, respectively, with an accumulative surplus of RMB 530.9 billion.

In the US dollar terms, in February 2021, the amount of cross-border receipts and payments by non-banking sectors was USD 373.2 billion and USD 340.0 billion, respectively, with a surplus of USD 33.2 billion. During January to February 2021, the accumulative amount of cross-border receipts and payments by non-banking sectors was USD 866.5 billion and USD 784.5 billion, respectively, with an accumulative surplus of USD 82.0 billion.  

Source: SAFC​