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    Its one yuan to 49 naira in CBN’s first auction

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorJuly 30, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Central Bank of Nigeria signed a bilateral local currency swap agreement with the People's Bank in Beijing
    Central Bank of Nigeria signed a bilateral local currency swap agreement with the People's Bank in Beijing
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    Central Bank of Nigeria signed a bilateral local currency swap agreement with the People's Bank in Beijing
    Central Bank of Nigeria signed a bilateral local currency swap agreement with the People’s Bank in Beijing

    Central Bank of Nigeria has sold yuan at a range of 49-51 naira at its first auction of the Chinese currency, traders said, two months after it agreed a $2.5 billion swap with Beijing.

    The auction, which traders said saw yuan sold for immediate and for 15-day settlement, is part of efforts to encourage the use of an alternative trading currency to the US dollar.

    Nigeria imports heavily from China and the central bank met with businesses prior to the auction to familiarise them with using yuan.

    The OPEC member suffered severe dollar shortages after prices for crude oil, its top export and main source of foreign exchange, plunged in late 2014, prompting the introduction of capital controls in 2015.

    It now has multiple exchange rates against the US currency and has been selling the dollar on the interbank market to boost liquidity after floating the naira for investors.

    In May the CBN signed a three-year currency swap deal with the People’s Bank of China to facilitate trade between the two countries and boost its reserves.

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    At last week’s auction, some banks got as much as 60 percent of the yuan amounts they applied for, while one trader said his bank got 5 percent. Traders said the volume sold was based on the price quoted for the yuan, also known as the renminbi.

    “From the details … it is more beneficial for customers who import raw materials, machinery and agricultural products from China to source foreign currency through Renminbi,” one Nigerian lender said in a note to clients.

    It added that the implied naira rate made yuan slightly cheaper to purchase than dollars, but added that it was early to say as this was the first auction.

    Nigeria is Africa’s biggest nation by population and its largest economy due to its oil exports, but it lacks a manufacturing base and so relies on imports — mainly paid for in dollars — to serve its consumption needs.

    It has tried several options to curb the resultant pressure on the naira, but some will not show an effect for some time.

    The central bank currently auctions dollars at a range of 330-350 naira, traders said.

    The naira trades at around 362 on an over-the-counter system used by lenders while the unit is quoted at around 305 per dollar on the official market, supported by central bank’s regular intervention.

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