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HMRC exchange rates for October 2017

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

Units per £1 · 1 to 31 October 2017HMRC · customs and VAT
Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 31 October 2017. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED UAE dirham 4.9822 1 to 31 October 2017
ALL Lek 151.4 1 to 31 October 2017
AMD Armenian dram 648.69 1 to 31 October 2017
AOA Kwanza 225.06 1 to 31 October 2017
ARS Argentine peso 23.25 1 to 31 October 2017
AUD Australian dollar 1.6812 1 to 31 October 2017
AWG Aruban florin 2.428 1 to 31 October 2017
AZN Azerbaijan manat 2.306 1 to 31 October 2017
BAM Convertible mark 2.2116 1 to 31 October 2017
BBD Barbados dollar 2.7129 1 to 31 October 2017
BDT Taka 111.19 1 to 31 October 2017
BGN Bulgarian lev 2.2116 1 to 31 October 2017
BHD Bahraini dinar 0.5117 1 to 31 October 2017
BIF Burundi franc 2,376.49 1 to 31 October 2017
BMD Bermudian dollar 1.3564 1 to 31 October 2017
BND Brunei dollar 1.8224 1 to 31 October 2017
BOB Boliviano 9.3731 1 to 31 October 2017
BRL Brazilian real 4.2435 1 to 31 October 2017
BSD Bahamian dollar 1.3564 1 to 31 October 2017
BTN Ngultrum 87.18 1 to 31 October 2017
BWP Pula 13.79 1 to 31 October 2017
BYN Belarusian rouble 2.7231 1 to 31 October 2017
BZD Belize dollar 2.7112 1 to 31 October 2017
CAD Canadian dollar 1.6619 1 to 31 October 2017
CDF Congolese franc 2,116.73 1 to 31 October 2017
CHF Swiss franc 1.3047 1 to 31 October 2017
CLP Chilean peso 842.7 1 to 31 October 2017
CNY Yuan renminbi 8.9176 1 to 31 October 2017
COP Colombian peso 3,927.74 1 to 31 October 2017
CRC Costa Rican colon 781.55 1 to 31 October 2017
CUP Cuban peso 1.3564 1 to 31 October 2017
CVE Cabo Verde escudo 125.13 1 to 31 October 2017
CZK Czech koruna 29.5 1 to 31 October 2017
DJF Djibouti franc 241.06 1 to 31 October 2017
DKK Danish krone 8.4144 1 to 31 October 2017
DOP Dominican peso 64.73 1 to 31 October 2017
DZD Algerian dinar 151.06 1 to 31 October 2017
ECS Dollar 1.3564 1 to 31 October 2017
EGP Egyptian pound 23.92 1 to 31 October 2017
ERN Nakfa 20.34 1 to 31 October 2017
ETB Ethiopian birr 31.83 1 to 31 October 2017
EUR Euro 1.1307 1 to 31 October 2017
FJD Fiji dollar 2.7206 1 to 31 October 2017
GEL Lari 3.3613 1 to 31 October 2017
GHS Ghana cedi 6.0158 1 to 31 October 2017
GMD Dalasi 63.82 1 to 31 October 2017
GNF Guinean franc 12,208.02 1 to 31 October 2017
GTQ Quetzal 9.8938 1 to 31 October 2017
GYD Guyana dollar 281.85 1 to 31 October 2017
HKD Hong Kong dollar 10.58 1 to 31 October 2017
HNL Lempira 31.71 1 to 31 October 2017
HRK Kuna 8.4571 1 to 31 October 2017
HTG Gourde 85.71 1 to 31 October 2017
HUF Forint 349.14 1 to 31 October 2017
IDR Rupiah 18,018.37 1 to 31 October 2017
ILS New Israeli sheqel 4.7446 1 to 31 October 2017
INR Indian rupee 87.18 1 to 31 October 2017
IQD Iraqi dinar 1,605.35 1 to 31 October 2017
ISK Iceland krona 145.13 1 to 31 October 2017
JMD Jamaican dollar 176.96 1 to 31 October 2017
JOD Jordanian dinar 0.9617 1 to 31 October 2017
JPY Yen 151.11 1 to 31 October 2017
KES Kenyan shilling 140.25 1 to 31 October 2017
KGS Som 92.86 1 to 31 October 2017
KHR Riel 5,505.27 1 to 31 October 2017
KMF Comorian franc 556.29 1 to 31 October 2017
KRW Won 1,530.41 1 to 31 October 2017
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.4087 1 to 31 October 2017
KYD Cayman Islands dollar 1.1123 1 to 31 October 2017
KZT Tenge 462.65 1 to 31 October 2017
LAK Lao kip 11,265.97 1 to 31 October 2017
LBP Lebanese pound 2,048.91 1 to 31 October 2017
LKR Sri Lanka rupee 207.09 1 to 31 October 2017
LRD Liberian dollar 1.3564 1 to 31 October 2017
LSL Loti 17.99 1 to 31 October 2017
LYD Libyan dinar 1.8448 1 to 31 October 2017
MAD Moroccan dirham 12.66 1 to 31 October 2017
MDL Moldovan leu 23.88 1 to 31 October 2017
MGA Malagasy ariary 4,055.77 1 to 31 October 2017
MKD Denar 69.62 1 to 31 October 2017
MMK Kyat 1,848.97 1 to 31 October 2017
MNT Tugrik 3,348.38 1 to 31 October 2017
MOP Pataca 10.89 1 to 31 October 2017
MRO Ouguiya 482.68 1 to 31 October 2017
MUR Mauritius rupee 45.29 1 to 31 October 2017
MVR Rufiyaa 20.9 1 to 31 October 2017
MWK Malawi kwacha 984.1 1 to 31 October 2017
MXN Mexican peso 24 1 to 31 October 2017
MYR Malaysian ringgit 5.6801 1 to 31 October 2017
MZN Mozambique metical 82.88 1 to 31 October 2017
NGN Naira 487.64 1 to 31 October 2017
NIO Cordoba oro 41.19 1 to 31 October 2017
NOK Norwegian krone 10.57 1 to 31 October 2017
NPR Nepalese rupee 139.49 1 to 31 October 2017
NZD New Zealand dollar 1.8359 1 to 31 October 2017
OMR Rial Omani 0.5223 1 to 31 October 2017
PAB Balboa 1.3564 1 to 31 October 2017
PEN Sol 4.3984 1 to 31 October 2017
PGK Kina 4.3332 1 to 31 October 2017
PHP Philippine peso 69.15 1 to 31 October 2017
PKR Pakistan rupee 142.94 1 to 31 October 2017
PLN Zloty 4.8296 1 to 31 October 2017
PYG Guarani 7,698.19 1 to 31 October 2017
QAR Qatari rial 4.9392 1 to 31 October 2017
RON Romanian leu 5.1982 1 to 31 October 2017
RSD Serbian dinar 134.66 1 to 31 October 2017
RUB Russian rouble 78.5 1 to 31 October 2017
RWF Rwanda franc 1,146.05 1 to 31 October 2017
SAR Saudi riyal 5.0868 1 to 31 October 2017
SBD Solomon Islands dollar 10.47 1 to 31 October 2017
SCR Seychelles rupee 18.52 1 to 31 October 2017
SDG Sudanese pound 9.0569 1 to 31 October 2017
SEK Swedish krona 10.78 1 to 31 October 2017
SGD Singapore dollar 1.8224 1 to 31 October 2017
SLL Leone 10,309 1 to 31 October 2017
SOS Somali shilling 797.59 1 to 31 October 2017
SRD Surinam dollar 10.08 1 to 31 October 2017
STD Dobra 27,767.83 1 to 31 October 2017
SVC El Salvador colon 11.86 1 to 31 October 2017
SZL Lilangeni 17.99 1 to 31 October 2017
THB Baht 44.85 1 to 31 October 2017
TMT Turkmenistan new manat 4.7476 1 to 31 October 2017
TND Tunisian dinar 3.3044 1 to 31 October 2017
TOP Pa'anga 1.6812 1 to 31 October 2017
TRY Turkish lira 4.708 1 to 31 October 2017
TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar 9.1534 1 to 31 October 2017
TWD New Taiwan dollar 40.81 1 to 31 October 2017
TZS Tanzanian shilling 3,041.15 1 to 31 October 2017
UAH Hryvnia 35.51 1 to 31 October 2017
UGX Uganda shilling 4,876.42 1 to 31 October 2017
USD US dollar 1.3564 1 to 31 October 2017
UYU Peso uruguayo 39.16 1 to 31 October 2017
UZS Uzbekistan sum 10,956.68 1 to 31 October 2017
VEF Bolívar 13.78 1 to 31 October 2017
VND Dong 30,830.7 1 to 31 October 2017
VUV Vatu 145.26 1 to 31 October 2017
WST Tala 3.3459 1 to 31 October 2017
XAF CFA franc BEAC 741.72 1 to 31 October 2017
XCD East Caribbean dollar 3.6624 1 to 31 October 2017
XOF CFA franc BCEAO 741.72 1 to 31 October 2017
XPF CFP franc 134.93 1 to 31 October 2017
YER Yemeni rial 339.48 1 to 31 October 2017
ZAR Rand 17.99 1 to 31 October 2017
ZMW Zambian kwacha 12.85 1 to 31 October 2017
ZWL Zimbabwe dollar 490.89 1 to 31 October 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 October 2017:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1017.XML

The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-1017.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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