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HMRC exchange rates for September 2017

145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 30 September 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 September 2017

Units per £1 · 1 to 30 September 2017HMRC · customs and VAT
Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 30 September 2017. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED UAE dirham 4.6997 1 to 30 September 2017
ALL Lek 143.32 1 to 30 September 2017
AMD Armenian dram 612.3 1 to 30 September 2017
AOA Kwanza 212.29 1 to 30 September 2017
ARS Argentine peso 21.99 1 to 30 September 2017
AUD Australian dollar 1.6203 1 to 30 September 2017
AWG Aruban florin 2.2903 1 to 30 September 2017
AZN Azerbaijan manat 2.1751 1 to 30 September 2017
BAM Convertible mark 2.118 1 to 30 September 2017
BBD Barbados dollar 2.559 1 to 30 September 2017
BDT Taka 103.89 1 to 30 September 2017
BGN Bulgarian lev 2.1185 1 to 30 September 2017
BHD Bahraini dinar 0.4824 1 to 30 September 2017
BIF Burundi franc 2,229.85 1 to 30 September 2017
BMD Bermudian dollar 1.2795 1 to 30 September 2017
BND Brunei dollar 1.7418 1 to 30 September 2017
BOB Boliviano 8.8413 1 to 30 September 2017
BRL Brazilian real 4.0383 1 to 30 September 2017
BSD Bahamian dollar 1.2795 1 to 30 September 2017
BTN Ngultrum 82.04 1 to 30 September 2017
BWP Pula 13.06 1 to 30 September 2017
BYN Belarusian rouble 2.5686 1 to 30 September 2017
BZD Belize dollar 2.5574 1 to 30 September 2017
CAD Canadian dollar 1.6076 1 to 30 September 2017
CDF Congolese franc 2,048.14 1 to 30 September 2017
CHF Swiss franc 1.2346 1 to 30 September 2017
CLP Chilean peso 821.25 1 to 30 September 2017
CNY Yuan renminbi 8.526 1 to 30 September 2017
COP Colombian peso 3,824.54 1 to 30 September 2017
CRC Costa Rican colon 735.2 1 to 30 September 2017
CUP Cuban peso 1.2795 1 to 30 September 2017
CVE Cabo Verde escudo 119.76 1 to 30 September 2017
CZK Czech koruna 28.29 1 to 30 September 2017
DJF Djibouti franc 227.39 1 to 30 September 2017
DKK Danish krone 8.0552 1 to 30 September 2017
DOP Dominican peso 60.5 1 to 30 September 2017
DZD Algerian dinar 140.55 1 to 30 September 2017
ECS Dollar 1.2795 1 to 30 September 2017
EGP Egyptian pound 22.69 1 to 30 September 2017
ERN Nakfa 19.19 1 to 30 September 2017
ETB Ethiopian birr 29.91 1 to 30 September 2017
EUR Euro 1.0829 1 to 30 September 2017
FJD Fiji dollar 2.5966 1 to 30 September 2017
GEL Lari 3.0785 1 to 30 September 2017
GHS Ghana cedi 5.6809 1 to 30 September 2017
GMD Dalasi 57.89 1 to 30 September 2017
GNF Guinean franc 11,452.32 1 to 30 September 2017
GTQ Quetzal 9.3121 1 to 30 September 2017
GYD Guyana dollar 265.92 1 to 30 September 2017
HKD Hong Kong dollar 10.01 1 to 30 September 2017
HNL Lempira 29.9 1 to 30 September 2017
HRK Kuna 8.0225 1 to 30 September 2017
HTG Gourde 81.03 1 to 30 September 2017
HUF Forint 327.65 1 to 30 September 2017
IDR Rupiah 17,084.43 1 to 30 September 2017
ILS New Israeli sheqel 4.626 1 to 30 September 2017
INR Indian rupee 82.04 1 to 30 September 2017
IQD Iraqi dinar 1,512.99 1 to 30 September 2017
ISK Iceland krona 137.11 1 to 30 September 2017
JMD Jamaican dollar 163.54 1 to 30 September 2017
JOD Jordanian dinar 0.9072 1 to 30 September 2017
JPY Yen 139.51 1 to 30 September 2017
KES Kenyan shilling 132.1 1 to 30 September 2017
KGS Som 87.85 1 to 30 September 2017
KHR Riel 5,242.07 1 to 30 September 2017
KMF Comorian franc 532.77 1 to 30 September 2017
KRW Won 1,448.19 1 to 30 September 2017
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.3864 1 to 30 September 2017
KYD Cayman Islands dollar 1.0492 1 to 30 September 2017
KZT Tenge 427.01 1 to 30 September 2017
LAK Lao kip 10,626.18 1 to 30 September 2017
LBP Lebanese pound 1,927.55 1 to 30 September 2017
LKR Sri Lanka rupee 195.73 1 to 30 September 2017
LRD Liberian dollar 1.2795 1 to 30 September 2017
LSL Loti 16.9 1 to 30 September 2017
LYD Libyan dinar 1.7529 1 to 30 September 2017
MAD Moroccan dirham 12.03 1 to 30 September 2017
MDL Moldovan leu 22.92 1 to 30 September 2017
MGA Malagasy ariary 3,773.22 1 to 30 September 2017
MKD Denar 66.68 1 to 30 September 2017
MMK Kyat 1,743.43 1 to 30 September 2017
MNT Tugrik 3,121.96 1 to 30 September 2017
MOP Pataca 10.31 1 to 30 September 2017
MRO Ouguiya 457.78 1 to 30 September 2017
MUR Mauritius rupee 42.55 1 to 30 September 2017
MVR Rufiyaa 19.78 1 to 30 September 2017
MWK Malawi kwacha 928.47 1 to 30 September 2017
MXN Mexican peso 22.67 1 to 30 September 2017
MYR Malaysian ringgit 5.4749 1 to 30 September 2017
MZN Mozambique metical 78.31 1 to 30 September 2017
NGN Naira 462.53 1 to 30 September 2017
NIO Cordoba oro 38.71 1 to 30 September 2017
NOK Norwegian krone 10.07 1 to 30 September 2017
NPR Nepalese rupee 131.26 1 to 30 September 2017
NZD New Zealand dollar 1.7734 1 to 30 September 2017
OMR Rial Omani 0.4927 1 to 30 September 2017
PAB Balboa 1.2795 1 to 30 September 2017
PEN Sol 4.1453 1 to 30 September 2017
PGK Kina 4.0713 1 to 30 September 2017
PHP Philippine peso 65.56 1 to 30 September 2017
PKR Pakistan rupee 134.82 1 to 30 September 2017
PLN Zloty 4.6414 1 to 30 September 2017
PYG Guarani 7,184.21 1 to 30 September 2017
QAR Qatari rial 4.6593 1 to 30 September 2017
RON Romanian leu 4.9674 1 to 30 September 2017
RSD Serbian dinar 129.24 1 to 30 September 2017
RUB Russian rouble 75.61 1 to 30 September 2017
RWF Rwanda franc 1,077.85 1 to 30 September 2017
SAR Saudi riyal 4.7984 1 to 30 September 2017
SBD Solomon Islands dollar 9.8612 1 to 30 September 2017
SCR Seychelles rupee 17.33 1 to 30 September 2017
SDG Sudanese pound 8.5404 1 to 30 September 2017
SEK Swedish krona 10.33 1 to 30 September 2017
SGD Singapore dollar 1.7418 1 to 30 September 2017
SLL Leone 9,692.15 1 to 30 September 2017
SOS Somali shilling 759.37 1 to 30 September 2017
SRD Surinam dollar 9.5169 1 to 30 September 2017
STD Dobra 26,741.38 1 to 30 September 2017
SVC El Salvador colon 11.19 1 to 30 September 2017
SZL Lilangeni 16.9 1 to 30 September 2017
THB Baht 42.68 1 to 30 September 2017
TMT Turkmenistan new manat 4.491 1 to 30 September 2017
TND Tunisian dinar 3.1268 1 to 30 September 2017
TOP Pa'anga 1.6203 1 to 30 September 2017
TRY Turkish lira 4.4658 1 to 30 September 2017
TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar 8.6705 1 to 30 September 2017
TWD New Taiwan dollar 38.74 1 to 30 September 2017
TZS Tanzanian shilling 2,863.5 1 to 30 September 2017
UAH Hryvnia 32.69 1 to 30 September 2017
UGX Uganda shilling 4,606.17 1 to 30 September 2017
USD US dollar 1.2795 1 to 30 September 2017
UYU Peso uruguayo 36.79 1 to 30 September 2017
UZS Uzbekistan sum 5,351.22 1 to 30 September 2017
VEF Bolívar 12.79 1 to 30 September 2017
VND Dong 29,086.08 1 to 30 September 2017
VUV Vatu 137.62 1 to 30 September 2017
WST Tala 3.1718 1 to 30 September 2017
XAF CFA franc BEAC 710.36 1 to 30 September 2017
XCD East Caribbean dollar 3.4546 1 to 30 September 2017
XOF CFA franc BCEAO 710.36 1 to 30 September 2017
XPF CFP franc 129.22 1 to 30 September 2017
YER Yemeni rial 320.25 1 to 30 September 2017
ZAR Rand 16.9 1 to 30 September 2017
ZMW Zambian kwacha 11.54 1 to 30 September 2017
ZWL Zimbabwe dollar 463.04 1 to 30 September 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 September 2017:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0917.XML

The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0917.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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