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HMRC exchange rates for November 2016

145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 30 November 2016. Each figure is the number of units you get for one pound.

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Sterling is the foreign amount divided by the rate in this table. Multiplying instead is wrong by the square of the rate, which on a typical dollar figure is more than half as much again.

HMRC do not prescribe which exchange rate you use. CG78310 expects a reasonable and consistent method, and the monthly rate is the method this calculator applies to every trade. What CG78310 does settle is the date: sterling worth is taken at the date of the acquisition or disposal (Bentley v Pike, Capcount Trading v Evans). A broker's own rate and a market feed are neither published nor consistent, so this site never reads one.

Every rate HMRC published for November 2016

Units per £1 · 1 to 30 November 2016HMRC · customs and VAT
Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 30 November 2016. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED UAE dirham 4.5152 1 to 30 November 2016
ALL Lek 153.21 1 to 30 November 2016
AMD Armenian dram 584.32 1 to 30 November 2016
AOA Kwanza 203.74 1 to 30 November 2016
ARS Argentine peso 18.69 1 to 30 November 2016
AUD Australian dollar 1.5983 1 to 30 November 2016
AWG Aruban florin 2.2004 1 to 30 November 2016
AZN Azerbaijan manat 1.9816 1 to 30 November 2016
BAM Convertible mark 2.1922 1 to 30 November 2016
BBD Barbados dollar 2.4586 1 to 30 November 2016
BDT Taka 96.41 1 to 30 November 2016
BGN Bulgarian lev 2.1923 1 to 30 November 2016
BHD Bahraini dinar 0.4635 1 to 30 November 2016
BIF Burundi franc 2,060.49 1 to 30 November 2016
BMD Bermudian dollar 1.2293 1 to 30 November 2016
BND Brunei dollar 1.7052 1 to 30 November 2016
BOB Boliviano 8.5252 1 to 30 November 2016
BRL Brazilian real 3.8965 1 to 30 November 2016
BSD Bahamian dollar 1.2293 1 to 30 November 2016
BTN Ngultrum 81.98 1 to 30 November 2016
BWP Pula 13.09 1 to 30 November 2016
BYR not held 2.4678 1 to 30 November 2016
BZD Belize dollar 2.4709 1 to 30 November 2016
CAD Canadian dollar 1.5999 1 to 30 November 2016
CDF Congolese franc 1,193.65 1 to 30 November 2016
CHF Swiss franc 1.2161 1 to 30 November 2016
CLP Chilean peso 819.87 1 to 30 November 2016
CNY Yuan renminbi 8.2846 1 to 30 November 2016
COP Colombian peso 3,576.17 1 to 30 November 2016
CRC Costa Rican colon 678.96 1 to 30 November 2016
CUP Cuban peso 1.2293 1 to 30 November 2016
CVE Cabo Verde escudo 123.39 1 to 30 November 2016
CZK Czech koruna 30.28 1 to 30 November 2016
DJF Djibouti franc 218.47 1 to 30 November 2016
DKK Danish krone 8.3409 1 to 30 November 2016
DOP Dominican peso 56.78 1 to 30 November 2016
DZD Algerian dinar 135.66 1 to 30 November 2016
ECS Dollar 1.2293 1 to 30 November 2016
EGP Egyptian pound 10.91 1 to 30 November 2016
ERN Nakfa 18.43 1 to 30 November 2016
ETB Ethiopian birr 27.32 1 to 30 November 2016
EUR Euro 1.1209 1 to 30 November 2016
FJD Fiji dollar 2.5345 1 to 30 November 2016
GEL Lari 2.895 1 to 30 November 2016
GHS Ghana cedi 4.8753 1 to 30 November 2016
GMD Dalasi 52.63 1 to 30 November 2016
GNF Guinean franc 11,171.89 1 to 30 November 2016
GTQ Quetzal 9.2081 1 to 30 November 2016
GYD Guyana dollar 255.3 1 to 30 November 2016
HKD Hong Kong dollar 9.5364 1 to 30 November 2016
HNL Lempira 28.37 1 to 30 November 2016
HRK Kuna 8.4176 1 to 30 November 2016
HTG Gourde 80.86 1 to 30 November 2016
HUF Forint 344.02 1 to 30 November 2016
IDR Rupiah 15,990.15 1 to 30 November 2016
ILS New Israeli sheqel 4.7058 1 to 30 November 2016
INR Indian rupee 81.98 1 to 30 November 2016
IQD Iraqi dinar 1,453.03 1 to 30 November 2016
ISK Iceland krona 140.35 1 to 30 November 2016
JMD Jamaican dollar 157.84 1 to 30 November 2016
JOD Jordanian dinar 0.8716 1 to 30 November 2016
JPY Yen 126.99 1 to 30 November 2016
KES Kenyan shilling 124.65 1 to 30 November 2016
KGS Som 84.02 1 to 30 November 2016
KHR Riel 5,003.25 1 to 30 November 2016
KMF Comorian franc 551.42 1 to 30 November 2016
KRW Won 1,380.81 1 to 30 November 2016
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.3717 1 to 30 November 2016
KYD Cayman Islands dollar 1.008 1 to 30 November 2016
KZT Tenge 407.88 1 to 30 November 2016
LAK Lao kip 10,012.66 1 to 30 November 2016
LBP Lebanese pound 1,856.12 1 to 30 November 2016
LKR Sri Lanka rupee 180.89 1 to 30 November 2016
LRD Liberian dollar 1.2293 1 to 30 November 2016
LSL Loti 17.05 1 to 30 November 2016
LYD Libyan dinar 1.7149 1 to 30 November 2016
MAD Moroccan dirham 12.12 1 to 30 November 2016
MDL Moldovan leu 24.52 1 to 30 November 2016
MGA Malagasy ariary 3,954.66 1 to 30 November 2016
MKD Denar 69.01 1 to 30 November 2016
MMK Kyat 1,586.72 1 to 30 November 2016
MNT Tugrik 2,849.52 1 to 30 November 2016
MOP Pataca 9.8225 1 to 30 November 2016
MRO Ouguiya 440.09 1 to 30 November 2016
MUR Mauritius rupee 43.73 1 to 30 November 2016
MVR Rufiyaa 18.93 1 to 30 November 2016
MWK Malawi kwacha 885.09 1 to 30 November 2016
MXN Mexican peso 22.84 1 to 30 November 2016
MYR Malaysian ringgit 5.1538 1 to 30 November 2016
MZN Mozambique metical 96.26 1 to 30 November 2016
NGN Naira 391.16 1 to 30 November 2016
NIO Cordoba oro 35.69 1 to 30 November 2016
NOK Norwegian krone 10 1 to 30 November 2016
NPR Nepalese rupee 131.18 1 to 30 November 2016
NZD New Zealand dollar 1.7016 1 to 30 November 2016
OMR Rial Omani 0.4733 1 to 30 November 2016
PAB Balboa 1.2293 1 to 30 November 2016
PEN Sol 4.156 1 to 30 November 2016
PGK Kina 3.8986 1 to 30 November 2016
PHP Philippine peso 59.21 1 to 30 November 2016
PKR Pakistan rupee 128.74 1 to 30 November 2016
PLN Zloty 4.8348 1 to 30 November 2016
PYG Guarani 6,896.38 1 to 30 November 2016
QAR Qatari rial 4.4761 1 to 30 November 2016
RON Romanian leu 5.0435 1 to 30 November 2016
RSD Serbian dinar 137.98 1 to 30 November 2016
RUB Russian rouble 76.5 1 to 30 November 2016
RWF Rwanda franc 992.74 1 to 30 November 2016
SAR Saudi riyal 4.6117 1 to 30 November 2016
SBD Solomon Islands dollar 9.5554 1 to 30 November 2016
SCR Seychelles rupee 16.37 1 to 30 November 2016
SDG Sudanese pound 7.4793 1 to 30 November 2016
SEK Swedish krona 10.87 1 to 30 November 2016
SGD Singapore dollar 1.7052 1 to 30 November 2016
SLL Leone 6,939.4 1 to 30 November 2016
SOS Somali shilling 722.82 1 to 30 November 2016
SRD Surinam dollar 8.6309 1 to 30 November 2016
STD Dobra 27,342.74 1 to 30 November 2016
SVC El Salvador colon 10.76 1 to 30 November 2016
SZL Lilangeni 17.05 1 to 30 November 2016
THB Baht 42.88 1 to 30 November 2016
TMT Turkmenistan new manat 4.3026 1 to 30 November 2016
TND Tunisian dinar 2.7613 1 to 30 November 2016
TOP Pa'anga 1.5983 1 to 30 November 2016
TRY Turkish lira 3.7755 1 to 30 November 2016
TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar 8.2363 1 to 30 November 2016
TWD New Taiwan dollar 38.72 1 to 30 November 2016
TZS Tanzanian shilling 2,682.33 1 to 30 November 2016
UAH Hryvnia 31.59 1 to 30 November 2016
UGX Uganda shilling 4,232.48 1 to 30 November 2016
USD US dollar 1.2293 1 to 30 November 2016
UYU Peso uruguayo 34.5 1 to 30 November 2016
UZS Uzbekistan sum 3,768.24 1 to 30 November 2016
VEF Bolívar 12.28 1 to 30 November 2016
VND Dong 27,422.05 1 to 30 November 2016
VUV Vatu 134.54 1 to 30 November 2016
WST Tala 3.0802 1 to 30 November 2016
XAF CFA franc BEAC 735.23 1 to 30 November 2016
XCD East Caribbean dollar 3.3191 1 to 30 November 2016
XOF CFA franc BCEAO 735.23 1 to 30 November 2016
XPF CFP franc 133.75 1 to 30 November 2016
YER Yemeni rial 307.44 1 to 30 November 2016
ZAR Rand 17.05 1 to 30 November 2016
ZMW Zambian kwacha 12.18 1 to 30 November 2016
ZWL Zimbabwe dollar 444.88 1 to 30 November 2016

Rates are shown exactly as published and are not rounded, because the calculator divides by the same figure. A currency with no name against it is one this server holds only by code.

Where this month came from

Months before January 2021 come from HMRC's own XML archive, which is what the gov.uk collection links to for monthly rates up to December 2020. This is the file for November 2016:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1116.XML

The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1116.xml, and HMRC's own index is inconsistent about which. The host is case sensitive, so both spellings are tried. The file carries a Period attribute and a rate is kept only when that attribute names the month asked for, because a wrong month URL still answers 200 with a complete and valid looking file.

The collection that lists both is Exchange rates for customs and VAT on gov.uk. Nothing here is taken from a mirror. A rate comes from HMRC or it does not come at all.

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