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HMRC exchange rates for January 2017

145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 January 2017. 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 January 2017

Units per £1 · 1 to 31 January 2017HMRC · customs and VAT
Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 31 January 2017. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED UAE dirham 4.5445 1 to 31 January 2017
ALL Lek 159.51 1 to 31 January 2017
AMD Armenian dram 594.79 1 to 31 January 2017
AOA Kwanza 205.09 1 to 31 January 2017
ARS Argentine peso 19.6 1 to 31 January 2017
AUD Australian dollar 1.7066 1 to 31 January 2017
AWG Aruban florin 2.2149 1 to 31 January 2017
AZN Azerbaijan manat 2.2128 1 to 31 January 2017
BAM Convertible mark 2.3197 1 to 31 January 2017
BBD Barbados dollar 2.4748 1 to 31 January 2017
BDT Taka 97.35 1 to 31 January 2017
BGN Bulgarian lev 2.3199 1 to 31 January 2017
BHD Bahraini dinar 0.4666 1 to 31 January 2017
BIF Burundi franc 2,091.19 1 to 31 January 2017
BMD Bermudian dollar 1.2374 1 to 31 January 2017
BND Brunei dollar 1.7859 1 to 31 January 2017
BOB Boliviano 8.5937 1 to 31 January 2017
BRL Brazilian real 4.1276 1 to 31 January 2017
BSD Bahamian dollar 1.2374 1 to 31 January 2017
BTN Ngultrum 83.99 1 to 31 January 2017
BWP Pula 13.34 1 to 31 January 2017
BYN Belarusian rouble 2.4841 1 to 31 January 2017
BZD Belize dollar 2.4686 1 to 31 January 2017
CAD Canadian dollar 1.6579 1 to 31 January 2017
CDF Congolese franc 1,440.32 1 to 31 January 2017
CHF Swiss franc 1.2698 1 to 31 January 2017
CLP Chilean peso 830.99 1 to 31 January 2017
CNY Yuan renminbi 8.6015 1 to 31 January 2017
COP Colombian peso 3,711.36 1 to 31 January 2017
CRC Costa Rican colon 682.31 1 to 31 January 2017
CUP Cuban peso 1.2374 1 to 31 January 2017
CVE Cabo Verde escudo 131.06 1 to 31 January 2017
CZK Czech koruna 32.04 1 to 31 January 2017
DJF Djibouti franc 219.9 1 to 31 January 2017
DKK Danish krone 8.8187 1 to 31 January 2017
DOP Dominican peso 57.37 1 to 31 January 2017
DZD Algerian dinar 137.51 1 to 31 January 2017
ECS Dollar 1.2374 1 to 31 January 2017
EGP Egyptian pound 23.54 1 to 31 January 2017
ERN Nakfa 18.56 1 to 31 January 2017
ETB Ethiopian birr 27.8 1 to 31 January 2017
EUR Euro 1.186 1 to 31 January 2017
FJD Fiji dollar 2.6347 1 to 31 January 2017
GEL Lari 3.4833 1 to 31 January 2017
GHS Ghana cedi 5.228 1 to 31 January 2017
GMD Dalasi 52.82 1 to 31 January 2017
GNF Guinean franc 11,573.35 1 to 31 January 2017
GTQ Quetzal 9.2464 1 to 31 January 2017
GYD Guyana dollar 255.71 1 to 31 January 2017
HKD Hong Kong dollar 9.6068 1 to 31 January 2017
HNL Lempira 29.04 1 to 31 January 2017
HRK Kuna 8.9345 1 to 31 January 2017
HTG Gourde 83.3 1 to 31 January 2017
HUF Forint 367.85 1 to 31 January 2017
IDR Rupiah 16,666.47 1 to 31 January 2017
ILS New Israeli sheqel 4.737 1 to 31 January 2017
INR Indian rupee 83.99 1 to 31 January 2017
IQD Iraqi dinar 1,462.59 1 to 31 January 2017
ISK Iceland krona 140.55 1 to 31 January 2017
JMD Jamaican dollar 159.37 1 to 31 January 2017
JOD Jordanian dinar 0.8776 1 to 31 January 2017
JPY Yen 145.63 1 to 31 January 2017
KES Kenyan shilling 126.7 1 to 31 January 2017
KGS Som 85.81 1 to 31 January 2017
KHR Riel 4,999.07 1 to 31 January 2017
KMF Comorian franc 583.49 1 to 31 January 2017
KRW Won 1,477.32 1 to 31 January 2017
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.3788 1 to 31 January 2017
KYD Cayman Islands dollar 1.0147 1 to 31 January 2017
KZT Tenge 411.35 1 to 31 January 2017
LAK Lao kip 10,154.05 1 to 31 January 2017
LBP Lebanese pound 1,865.86 1 to 31 January 2017
LKR Sri Lanka rupee 184.43 1 to 31 January 2017
LRD Liberian dollar 1.2374 1 to 31 January 2017
LSL Loti 17.26 1 to 31 January 2017
LYD Libyan dinar 1.7633 1 to 31 January 2017
MAD Moroccan dirham 12.57 1 to 31 January 2017
MDL Moldovan leu 24.97 1 to 31 January 2017
MGA Malagasy ariary 4,138.46 1 to 31 January 2017
MKD Denar 73.03 1 to 31 January 2017
MMK Kyat 1,703.76 1 to 31 January 2017
MNT Tugrik 3,076.16 1 to 31 January 2017
MOP Pataca 9.895 1 to 31 January 2017
MRO Ouguiya 444.22 1 to 31 January 2017
MUR Mauritius rupee 44.54 1 to 31 January 2017
MVR Rufiyaa 19.03 1 to 31 January 2017
MWK Malawi kwacha 897.33 1 to 31 January 2017
MXN Mexican peso 25.36 1 to 31 January 2017
MYR Malaysian ringgit 5.5429 1 to 31 January 2017
MZN Mozambique metical 89.51 1 to 31 January 2017
NGN Naira 390.08 1 to 31 January 2017
NIO Cordoba oro 36.23 1 to 31 January 2017
NOK Norwegian krone 10.71 1 to 31 January 2017
NPR Nepalese rupee 134.39 1 to 31 January 2017
NZD New Zealand dollar 1.7911 1 to 31 January 2017
OMR Rial Omani 0.4764 1 to 31 January 2017
PAB Balboa 1.2374 1 to 31 January 2017
PEN Sol 4.2014 1 to 31 January 2017
PGK Kina 3.9305 1 to 31 January 2017
PHP Philippine peso 61.85 1 to 31 January 2017
PKR Pakistan rupee 129.7 1 to 31 January 2017
PLN Zloty 5.2308 1 to 31 January 2017
PYG Guarani 7,111.46 1 to 31 January 2017
QAR Qatari rial 4.5061 1 to 31 January 2017
RON Romanian leu 5.3574 1 to 31 January 2017
RSD Serbian dinar 146.63 1 to 31 January 2017
RUB Russian rouble 75.61 1 to 31 January 2017
RWF Rwanda franc 1,007.99 1 to 31 January 2017
SAR Saudi riyal 4.6417 1 to 31 January 2017
SBD Solomon Islands dollar 9.6483 1 to 31 January 2017
SCR Seychelles rupee 16.52 1 to 31 January 2017
SDG Sudanese pound 8.0185 1 to 31 January 2017
SEK Swedish krona 11.41 1 to 31 January 2017
SGD Singapore dollar 1.7859 1 to 31 January 2017
SLL Leone 6,861.35 1 to 31 January 2017
SOS Somali shilling 689.22 1 to 31 January 2017
SRD Surinam dollar 9.1344 1 to 31 January 2017
STD Dobra 29,208.68 1 to 31 January 2017
SVC El Salvador colon 10.8 1 to 31 January 2017
SZL Lilangeni 17.26 1 to 31 January 2017
THB Baht 44.54 1 to 31 January 2017
TMT Turkmenistan new manat 4.3309 1 to 31 January 2017
TND Tunisian dinar 2.8659 1 to 31 January 2017
TOP Pa'anga 1.7066 1 to 31 January 2017
TRY Turkish lira 4.3483 1 to 31 January 2017
TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar 8.3535 1 to 31 January 2017
TWD New Taiwan dollar 39.61 1 to 31 January 2017
TZS Tanzanian shilling 2,695.04 1 to 31 January 2017
UAH Hryvnia 32.67 1 to 31 January 2017
UGX Uganda shilling 4,411.31 1 to 31 January 2017
USD US dollar 1.2374 1 to 31 January 2017
UYU Peso uruguayo 35.48 1 to 31 January 2017
UZS Uzbekistan sum 3,981.39 1 to 31 January 2017
VEF Bolívar 12.36 1 to 31 January 2017
VND Dong 28,171.79 1 to 31 January 2017
VUV Vatu 138.54 1 to 31 January 2017
WST Tala 3.1106 1 to 31 January 2017
XAF CFA franc BEAC 777.99 1 to 31 January 2017
XCD East Caribbean dollar 3.341 1 to 31 January 2017
XOF CFA franc BCEAO 777.99 1 to 31 January 2017
XPF CFP franc 141.53 1 to 31 January 2017
YER Yemeni rial 309.53 1 to 31 January 2017
ZAR Rand 17.26 1 to 31 January 2017
ZMW Zambian kwacha 12.16 1 to 31 January 2017
ZWL Zimbabwe dollar 447.81 1 to 31 January 2017

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 January 2017:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0117.XML

The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0117.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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