24-41  Exchange Rates and the Effective Exchange Rate Indices
					(HKD per unit of foreign currency, unless otherwise specified)
Item	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Average for the year①
Australian Dollar	4.04	4.25	5.08	5.73	5.93
Belgian Franc②	0.173	-	-	-	-
Canadian Dollar	5.04	4.97	5.58	6	6.42
Chinese Renminbi  (per HKD100)	106.04	105.84	105.86	106.21	105.26
Deutsche Mark②	3.57	-	-	-	-
Dutch Guilder②	3.17	-	-	-	-
Euro②	6.99	7.38	8.81	9.69	9.68
French Franc②	1.07	-	-	-	-
Italian Lira②	0.0036	-	-	-	-
Japanese Yen	0.0643	0.0625	0.0673	0.072	0.0707
Malaysian Ringgit	2.04	2.04	2.04	2.04	2.05
New Taiwan Dollar	0.232	0.229	0.227	0.233	0.242
Philippines Peso	0.157	0.156	0.146	0.14	0.144
Pound Sterling	11.24	11.73	12.73	14.27	14.15
Korean Won	0.006	0.0063	0.0065	0.0068	0.0076
Singapore Dollar	4.36	4.36	4.47	4.61	4.67
Swiss Franc	4.63	5.03	5.79	6.28	6.25
Thai Baht	0.175	0.182	0.188	0.193	0.193
US Dollar	7.799	7.799	7.787	7.788	7.777
Special Drawing Right	9.92836	10.1047	10.90920	11.53777	11.48780
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar③
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import	104.7	104	100.7	98.3	97.4
and export)-weighted
Import-weighted	105.1	104.7	101.6	99.2	98.1
Export-weighted④	104.3	103.3	99.8	97.3	96.7
As at end of year⑤
Australian Dollar	3.99	4.41	5.83	6.06	5.68
Belgian Franc②	0.171	-	-	-	-
Canadian Dollar	4.9	4.95	6	6.46	6.67
Chinese Renminbi  (per HKD100)	106.04	105.82	106.67	106.38	104.16
Deutsche Mark②	3.53	-	-	-	-
Dutch Guilder②	3.13	-	-	-	-
Euro②	6.91	8.17	9.77	10.6	9.18
French Franc②	1.05	-	-	-	-
Italian Lira②	0.0036	-	-	-	-
Japanese Yen	0.0594	0.0657	0.0726	0.0758	0.0659
Malaysian Ringgit	2.04	2.04	2.04	2.05	2.05
New Taiwan Dollar	0.226	0.228	0.227	0.242	0.239
Philippines Peso	0.159	0.15	0.143	0.143	0.15
Pound Sterling	11.31	12.51	13.83	14.99	13.36
Korean Won	0.006	0.0066	0.0065	0.0075	0.0077
Singapore Dollar	4.21	4.49	4.57	4.77	4.67
Swiss Franc	4.67	5.61	6.27	6.86	5.9
Thai Baht	0.177	0.181	0.196	0.199	0.189
US Dollar	7.797	7.798	7.763	7.774	7.753
Special Drawing Right	9.79010	10.60154	11.53559	12.07310	11.08113
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar③
(January 2000=100)
Trade (import and export)-weighted	105.9	102.0	98.8	96.0	98.4
Import-weighted	106.7	102.7	99.8	96.8	99.1
Export-weighted④	105.1	101.2	97.7	95.2	97.7
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.
①Figures are the averages of the daily closing middle-market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates for the year.
②Euro is a unified currencyf 12 European Union's member countries, which was  launched on 1 January 1999. As from 1 January 2002,
Euro notes and coins have replaced notes and coins in national currencies of participating countries of the Euro.
③New 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".
④Including re-exports and domestic exports.
⑤Figures are the closing middle-market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates as at the last trading day of the year.