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HMRC exchange rates for August 2017

145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 August 2017. Each figure is the number of units you get for one pound.

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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 August 2017

Units per £1 · 1 to 31 August 2017HMRC · customs and VAT
Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 31 August 2017. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED UAE dirham 4.7902 1 to 31 August 2017
ALL Lek 150.08 1 to 31 August 2017
AMD Armenian dram 624.09 1 to 31 August 2017
AOA Kwanza 216.38 1 to 31 August 2017
ARS Argentine peso 22.62 1 to 31 August 2017
AUD Australian dollar 1.6426 1 to 31 August 2017
AWG Aruban florin 2.3344 1 to 31 August 2017
AZN Azerbaijan manat 2.1986 1 to 31 August 2017
BAM Convertible mark 2.2145 1 to 31 August 2017
BBD Barbados dollar 2.6083 1 to 31 August 2017
BDT Taka 105.44 1 to 31 August 2017
BGN Bulgarian lev 2.2147 1 to 31 August 2017
BHD Bahraini dinar 0.4919 1 to 31 August 2017
BIF Burundi franc 2,277.05 1 to 31 August 2017
BMD Bermudian dollar 1.3042 1 to 31 August 2017
BND Brunei dollar 1.7844 1 to 31 August 2017
BOB Boliviano 9.0117 1 to 31 August 2017
BRL Brazilian real 4.1145 1 to 31 August 2017
BSD Bahamian dollar 1.3042 1 to 31 August 2017
BTN Ngultrum 83.88 1 to 31 August 2017
BWP Pula 13.23 1 to 31 August 2017
BYN Belarusian rouble 2.6181 1 to 31 August 2017
BZD Belize dollar 2.6067 1 to 31 August 2017
CAD Canadian dollar 1.6426 1 to 31 August 2017
CDF Congolese franc 2,024.04 1 to 31 August 2017
CHF Swiss franc 1.2446 1 to 31 August 2017
CLP Chilean peso 853.34 1 to 31 August 2017
CNY Yuan renminbi 8.8102 1 to 31 August 2017
COP Colombian peso 3,926.02 1 to 31 August 2017
CRC Costa Rican colon 746.19 1 to 31 August 2017
CUP Cuban peso 1.3042 1 to 31 August 2017
CVE Cabo Verde escudo 124.67 1 to 31 August 2017
CZK Czech koruna 29.52 1 to 31 August 2017
DJF Djibouti franc 231.77 1 to 31 August 2017
DKK Danish krone 8.4196 1 to 31 August 2017
DOP Dominican peso 61.61 1 to 31 August 2017
DZD Algerian dinar 142.11 1 to 31 August 2017
ECS Dollar 1.3042 1 to 31 August 2017
EGP Egyptian pound 23.39 1 to 31 August 2017
ERN Nakfa 19.56 1 to 31 August 2017
ETB Ethiopian birr 30.35 1 to 31 August 2017
EUR Euro 1.1322 1 to 31 August 2017
FJD Fiji dollar 2.6456 1 to 31 August 2017
GEL Lari 3.1274 1 to 31 August 2017
GHS Ghana cedi 5.7513 1 to 31 August 2017
GMD Dalasi 59.99 1 to 31 August 2017
GNF Guinean franc 11,737.33 1 to 31 August 2017
GTQ Quetzal 9.5112 1 to 31 August 2017
GYD Guyana dollar 271.23 1 to 31 August 2017
HKD Hong Kong dollar 10.18 1 to 31 August 2017
HNL Lempira 30.55 1 to 31 August 2017
HRK Kuna 8.396 1 to 31 August 2017
HTG Gourde 82.46 1 to 31 August 2017
HUF Forint 347.02 1 to 31 August 2017
IDR Rupiah 17,370.06 1 to 31 August 2017
ILS New Israeli sheqel 4.6545 1 to 31 August 2017
INR Indian rupee 83.88 1 to 31 August 2017
IQD Iraqi dinar 1,543.46 1 to 31 August 2017
ISK Iceland krona 138.59 1 to 31 August 2017
JMD Jamaican dollar 166.6 1 to 31 August 2017
JOD Jordanian dinar 0.9246 1 to 31 August 2017
JPY Yen 145.67 1 to 31 August 2017
KES Kenyan shilling 135.63 1 to 31 August 2017
KGS Som 90.29 1 to 31 August 2017
KHR Riel 5,347.03 1 to 31 August 2017
KMF Comorian franc 557.01 1 to 31 August 2017
KRW Won 1,461.5 1 to 31 August 2017
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.3949 1 to 31 August 2017
KYD Cayman Islands dollar 1.0694 1 to 31 August 2017
KZT Tenge 425.59 1 to 31 August 2017
LAK Lao kip 10,807.53 1 to 31 August 2017
LBP Lebanese pound 1,964.7 1 to 31 August 2017
LKR Sri Lanka rupee 200.48 1 to 31 August 2017
LRD Liberian dollar 1.3042 1 to 31 August 2017
LSL Loti 16.86 1 to 31 August 2017
LYD Libyan dinar 1.8128 1 to 31 August 2017
MAD Moroccan dirham 12.51 1 to 31 August 2017
MDL Moldovan leu 23.57 1 to 31 August 2017
MGA Malagasy ariary 3,795.09 1 to 31 August 2017
MKD Denar 69.72 1 to 31 August 2017
MMK Kyat 1,772.99 1 to 31 August 2017
MNT Tugrik 3,147.57 1 to 31 August 2017
MOP Pataca 10.48 1 to 31 August 2017
MRO Ouguiya 468.7 1 to 31 August 2017
MUR Mauritius rupee 44.47 1 to 31 August 2017
MVR Rufiyaa 20.14 1 to 31 August 2017
MWK Malawi kwacha 945.67 1 to 31 August 2017
MXN Mexican peso 22.82 1 to 31 August 2017
MYR Malaysian ringgit 5.5903 1 to 31 August 2017
MZN Mozambique metical 79.69 1 to 31 August 2017
NGN Naira 410.48 1 to 31 August 2017
NIO Cordoba oro 39.27 1 to 31 August 2017
NOK Norwegian krone 10.51 1 to 31 August 2017
NPR Nepalese rupee 134.22 1 to 31 August 2017
NZD New Zealand dollar 1.7717 1 to 31 August 2017
OMR Rial Omani 0.5022 1 to 31 August 2017
PAB Balboa 1.3042 1 to 31 August 2017
PEN Sol 4.2287 1 to 31 August 2017
PGK Kina 4.1491 1 to 31 August 2017
PHP Philippine peso 66.4 1 to 31 August 2017
PKR Pakistan rupee 137.2 1 to 31 August 2017
PLN Zloty 4.7677 1 to 31 August 2017
PYG Guarani 7,219.97 1 to 31 August 2017
QAR Qatari rial 4.7488 1 to 31 August 2017
RON Romanian leu 5.1754 1 to 31 August 2017
RSD Serbian dinar 136.62 1 to 31 August 2017
RUB Russian rouble 77.03 1 to 31 August 2017
RWF Rwanda franc 1,095.63 1 to 31 August 2017
SAR Saudi riyal 4.8907 1 to 31 August 2017
SBD Solomon Islands dollar 10.1215 1 to 31 August 2017
SCR Seychelles rupee 17.59 1 to 31 August 2017
SDG Sudanese pound 8.7072 1 to 31 August 2017
SEK Swedish krona 10.8 1 to 31 August 2017
SGD Singapore dollar 1.7844 1 to 31 August 2017
SLL Leone 9,914.84 1 to 31 August 2017
SOS Somali shilling 762.93 1 to 31 August 2017
SRD Surinam dollar 9.7525 1 to 31 August 2017
STD Dobra 27,700.25 1 to 31 August 2017
SVC El Salvador colon 11.41 1 to 31 August 2017
SZL Lilangeni 16.86 1 to 31 August 2017
THB Baht 43.83 1 to 31 August 2017
TMT Turkmenistan new manat 4.5841 1 to 31 August 2017
TND Tunisian dinar 3.2034 1 to 31 August 2017
TOP Pa'anga 1.6426 1 to 31 August 2017
TRY Turkish lira 4.5911 1 to 31 August 2017
TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar 8.8199 1 to 31 August 2017
TWD New Taiwan dollar 39.62 1 to 31 August 2017
TZS Tanzanian shilling 2,920 1 to 31 August 2017
UAH Hryvnia 33.83 1 to 31 August 2017
UGX Uganda shilling 4,694.95 1 to 31 August 2017
USD US dollar 1.3042 1 to 31 August 2017
UYU Peso uruguayo 37.34 1 to 31 August 2017
UZS Uzbekistan sum 5,272 1 to 31 August 2017
VEF Bolívar 13.06 1 to 31 August 2017
VND Dong 29,646.75 1 to 31 August 2017
VUV Vatu 142.19 1 to 31 August 2017
WST Tala 3.2201 1 to 31 August 2017
XAF CFA franc BEAC 742.69 1 to 31 August 2017
XCD East Caribbean dollar 3.5212 1 to 31 August 2017
XOF CFA franc BCEAO 742.69 1 to 31 August 2017
XPF CFP franc 135.11 1 to 31 August 2017
YER Yemeni rial 326.43 1 to 31 August 2017
ZAR Rand 16.86 1 to 31 August 2017
ZMW Zambian kwacha 11.5 1 to 31 August 2017
ZWL Zimbabwe dollar 471.97 1 to 31 August 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 August 2017:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0817.XML

The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0817.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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