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China to start direct trading between yuan, South African rand

Xinhua, June 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

China announced Friday it will allow direct trading between the Chinese yuan and South African rand on its inter-bank foreign exchange market from Monday.

The move will lower exchange costs, facilitating use of the two currencies in trade settlement and boosting bilateral investment, the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) said in a statement.

The central parity rate between the yuan and the rand will be decided according to the average quotation of direct trading market makers before the market opens each working day, according to CFETS.

In the spot forex market, the two currencies can fluctuate by up to 10 percent from the central parity rate each trading day, the CFETS said.

South African rand is the 13th foreign currency that can be directly traded with the Chinese yuan in China's inter-bank foreign exchange market.

China is South Africa's largest trading partner. Their trade reached 40.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first 11 months of 2015, while China had 13 billion U.S. dollars invested in South Africa at the end of last year. Endi