24-42  Exchange Rates and the Effective Exchange Rate Indices
	(HKD per unit of foreign currency)
Item	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Average for the year①
Australian Dollar	6.55	6.63	6.16	7.15	8.04
Canadian Dollar	7.30	7.34	6.83	7.54	7.87
Chinese Renminbi	1.0300	1.1236	1.1343	1.1503	1.2069
Euro	10.70	11.45	10.82	10.31	10.84
Indian Rupee	-	-	0.161	0.170	0.168
Japanese Yen	0.0664	0.0756	0.0830	0.0888	0.0978
Malaysian Ringgit	2.27	2.34	2.20	2.42	2.55
New Taiwan Dollar	0.242	0.254	0.243	0.255	0.274
Philippines Peso	0.170	0.180	0.167	0.175	0.177
Pound Sterling	15.62	14.42	12.16	12.01	12.48
Korean Won	0.0084	0.0072	0.0061	0.0067	0.0070
Singapore Dollar	5.18	5.51	5.34	5.71	6.20
Swiss Franc	6.51	7.21	7.16	7.47	8.82
Thai Baht	0.242	0.236	0.226	0.245	0.256
US Dollar	7.801	7.787	7.752	7.769	7.784
Special Drawing Right	11.94216	12.31358	11.95320	11.85099	12.29413
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong dollar
(January 2010=100)④
Trade (import and export)-weighted	106.3	100.7	101.9	99.5	94.6
Import-weighted	107.6	101.3	102.2	99.2	93.9
Export-weighted②	104.8	100.1	101.6	99.8	95.4
As at end of year③
Australian Dollar	6.87	5.37	6.98	7.92	7.94
Canadian Dollar	7.99	6.37	7.38	7.78	7.60
Chinese Renminbi	1.0736	1.1282	1.1385	1.1816	1.2325
Euro	11.49	10.93	11.20	10.39	10.06
Indian Rupee	-	-	0.167	0.173	0.147
Japanese Yen	0.0697	0.0860	0.0841	0.0956	0.1009
Malaysian Ringgit	2.36	2.24	2.26	2.52	2.45
New Taiwan Dollar	0.248	0.246	0.249	0.275	0.264
Philippines Peso	0.190	0.168	0.173	0.178	0.180
Pound Sterling	15.59	11.21	12.50	12.04	12.06
Korean Won	0.0083	0.0062	0.0067	0.0069	0.0067
Singapore Dollar	5.43	5.38	5.54	6.06	5.99
Swiss Franc	6.93	7.33	7.53	8.31	8.28
Thai Baht	0.262	0.223	0.233	0.259	0.247
US Dollar	7.802	7.751	7.756	7.775	7.766
Special Drawing Right	12.32911	11.93863	12.15900	11.98913	11.92751
Effective Exchange Rate Indices
for the Hong Kong Dollar
(January 2010=100)④
Trade (import and export)-weighted	102.5	102.1	100.3	96.3	94.9
Import-weighted	103.5	102.1	100.4	95.6	94.3
Export-weighted②	101.4	102.2	100.2	97.2	95.5
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.
②Including re-exports and domestic exports.
③Figures are the closing middle-market telegraphic transfer rates or notes rates as at the last trading day of the year.
④New series has been released as from 3 January 2012.