Import Administration - Antidumping Duty . Foreign Currency Exchange Rates - posted quarterly
    last update: October 17, 2008
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
  NOTE:   These are NOT commercial currency exchange rates.
These rates are calculated using the SAS program also available on this
page, and are intended for use only in calculating antidumping duties.

The Department of Commerce ("the Department") has revised its policy regarding currency conversions to conform to changes resulting from the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. We announced this change in methodology in the notice entitled, "Change in Policy Regarding Currency Conversion," published in the Federal Register at (61 FR 9434; March 8, 1996). The computer program used and the new official daily exchange rate files are available below.
This SAS Computer Program is written in SAS 9.11 for Windows.
For a specified country, the program converts a file of actual daily exchange rates to a file of "official" daily exchange rates. In this process, each actual daily exchange rate is classified as "normal" or "fluctuating." An extended pattern of appreciating rates defines a "sustained movement." Based on these classifications, the program assigns the appropriate official exchange rate for each day.

The program produces two types of official daily exchange rates for each country. For purposes of antidumping" ("AD") investigations, the program classifies the daily rates as "normal," "fluctuating," or "sustained movement." For purposes of AD administrative reviews, the program classifies the daily rates as "normal" or "fluctuating." Since the two types of daily exchange rates differ, use the exchange rate variable ending in an "I" for AD investigations and the exchange rate variable ending in "R" for AD administrative reviews.

Official Daily Exchange Rates:     For the countries listed below, the actual daily exchange rates used in the program were acquired either from the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.10 on the web, or from Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC (trading as Factiva) (a fee-based service). All currencies listed below are denominated in U.S. dollars per foreign currency unit. Exchange rates for additional countries will be made available by the Department as needed for AD purposes.


Exchange rate files are scheduled to be updated quarterly

Last Updated: October 17, 2008


    Effective October 1, 2005, IA will only update the Euro rates and will no longer update the exchange rates for the 12 individual countries now using the Euro. For historical purposes, we will continue to list through June 30, 2005, the separate national currency rates for these Euro countries. Luxembourg rates are not listed because there have been no cases for several years.

COUNTRY SOURCE INCLUSIVE DATES
Argentina Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Australia Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Austria Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Bangladesh Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Belgium Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Brazil Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Canada Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Chile Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
China PRC Federal Reserve Jan 09, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Colombia Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Czech Republic Factiva Feb 27, 1998 - Sep 30, 2008
Denmark Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Ecuador Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
EURO Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1999 - Sep 30, 2008
Egypt Federal Reserve Sep 26, 1997 - Sep 30, 2008
Finland Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
France Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Germany Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Greece Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Hong Kong Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Hungary Factiva Jan 01, 1999 - Sep 30, 2008
India Federal Reserve Jan 06, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Indonesia Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Iran Factiva Jan 01, 2000 - Sep 30, 2008
Ireland Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Israel Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Italy Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Japan Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Kenya Factiva Feb 26, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Latvia Factiva Jan 01, 1999 - Sep 30, 2008
Malaysia Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Mexico Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Morocco Factiva Feb 26, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Netherlands Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
New Zealand Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Norway Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Pakistan Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Philippines Factiva Feb 26, 1996 - Sep 30, 2008
Poland Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Portugal Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Romania Factiva Nov 27, 2000 - Sep 30, 2008
Russia Factiva Jan 01, 1995 - Sep 30, 2008
Singapore Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
South Africa Federal Reserve Jan 06, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
South Korea Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Spain Federal Reserve     Jan 01, 1992 - Jun 30, 2005    
Sri Lanka Federal Reserve Apr 15, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Sweden Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Switzerland Federal Reserve Jan 03, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Taiwan Federal Reserve Jan 09, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Thailand Federal Reserve Jan 21, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Trinidad/Tobago Factiva Feb 26, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Turkey Factiva Nov 27, 2000 - Sep 30, 2008
United Arab Emirates Factiva Jan 01, 2006 - Sep 30, 2008
United Kingdom Federal Reserve Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Ukraine Factiva May 25, 1995 - Sep 30, 2008
Venezuela Factiva Jan 01, 1992 - Sep 30, 2008
Vietnam Factiva Jan 01, 2001 - Sep 30, 2008

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