State Administration of Foreign Exchange: Bank settlement of 1.4338 trillion yuan in February, foreign exchange sales of 1.1362 trillion yuan.
According to statistics from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, in February 2026, banks sold 143.38 billion yuan in foreign exchange and bought 113.62 billion yuan in foreign exchange.
On March 16, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange released statistics showing that in February 2026, banks in China purchased a total of 1433.8 billion yuan and sold 1136.2 billion yuan. From January to February 2026, banks accumulated purchases of 3438.5 billion yuan and sales of 2581.9 billion yuan. In terms of US dollars, in February 2026, banks purchased 206.4 billion dollars and sold 163.6 billion dollars. From January to February 2026, banks accumulated purchases of 492.7 billion dollars and sales of 370.1 billion dollars.
In February 2026, banks handled incoming foreign exchange transactions for clients totaling 4168.4 billion yuan, and outgoing transactions totaling 3921.1 billion yuan. From January to February 2026, banks accumulated incoming transactions of 9640.6 billion yuan and outgoing transactions of 8818.5 billion yuan. In terms of US dollars, in February 2026, banks handled incoming transactions totaling 600.1 billion dollars and outgoing transactions totaling 564.5 billion dollars. From January to February 2026, banks accumulated incoming transactions of 1381.7 billion dollars and outgoing transactions of 1264 billion dollars.
This article was sourced from the official website of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Editor: Liu Jiayin.
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