Data on second quarter’s foreign exchange business

According to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, from   April to  June, the amount of purchase of exchanges in trust for clients, climbed to 107.4, 96.2 and 108.7 billion dollars, added up to 312.3 billion dollars; while sales of exchanges in this period reached 71.0, 80.1 and 94.7 billion dollars, added  up to 245.8 billion dollars. The surplus in the settlement business account for 36.4, 16.1 and 14.0 billion dollars, accordingly for these three months, totaled 66.5 billion dollars.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The same period, inward remittance of exchanges  for the clients respectively fulfilled 145.7, 137.2 and 161.5 billion dollars, added to 444.4 billion dollars; while outward remittance presented respectively at 123.2, 120.4 and 140.5 billion dollars, added up to 384.1 billion dollars. The surpluses in this field account for 22.5, 16.8 and 21.0 billion dollars respectively for three months fro April to June, amounted to 60.3 billion dollars.