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HMRC exchange rates for April 2018

145 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 30 April 2018. 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 April 2018

Units per £1 · 1 to 30 April 2018HMRC · customs and VAT
Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 30 April 2018. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED UAE dirham 5.1662 1 to 30 April 2018
ALL Lek 148.17 1 to 30 April 2018
AMD Armenian dram 674.61 1 to 30 April 2018
AOA Kwanza 301.97 1 to 30 April 2018
ARS Argentine peso 28.5 1 to 30 April 2018
AUD Australian dollar 1.825 1 to 30 April 2018
AWG Aruban florin 2.5177 1 to 30 April 2018
AZN Azerbaijan manat 2.3946 1 to 30 April 2018
BAM Convertible mark 2.2424 1 to 30 April 2018
BBD Barbados dollar 2.813 1 to 30 April 2018
BDT Taka 116.85 1 to 30 April 2018
BGN Bulgarian lev 2.2425 1 to 30 April 2018
BHD Bahraini dinar 0.5303 1 to 30 April 2018
BIF Burundi franc 2,475.82 1 to 30 April 2018
BMD Bermudian dollar 1.4065 1 to 30 April 2018
BND Brunei dollar 1.8531 1 to 30 April 2018
BOB Boliviano 9.719 1 to 30 April 2018
BRL Brazilian real 4.624 1 to 30 April 2018
BSD Bahamian dollar 1.4065 1 to 30 April 2018
BTN Ngultrum 91.71 1 to 30 April 2018
BWP Pula 13.53 1 to 30 April 2018
BYN Belarusian rouble 2.7571 1 to 30 April 2018
BZD Belize dollar 2.8113 1 to 30 April 2018
CAD Canadian dollar 1.8224 1 to 30 April 2018
CDF Congolese franc 2,260.96 1 to 30 April 2018
CHF Swiss franc 1.342 1 to 30 April 2018
CLP Chilean peso 852.46 1 to 30 April 2018
CNY Yuan renminbi 8.9049 1 to 30 April 2018
COP Colombian peso 4,006.49 1 to 30 April 2018
CRC Costa Rican colon 794.59 1 to 30 April 2018
CUP Cuban peso 1.4065 1 to 30 April 2018
CVE Cabo Verde escudo 126.76 1 to 30 April 2018
CZK Czech koruna 29.12 1 to 30 April 2018
DJF Djibouti franc 249.96 1 to 30 April 2018
DKK Danish krone 8.5401 1 to 30 April 2018
DOP Dominican peso 69.67 1 to 30 April 2018
DZD Algerian dinar 160.9 1 to 30 April 2018
ECS Dollar 1.4065 1 to 30 April 2018
EGP Egyptian pound 24.79 1 to 30 April 2018
ERN Nakfa 21.09 1 to 30 April 2018
ETB Ethiopian birr 38.49 1 to 30 April 2018
EUR Euro 1.1465 1 to 30 April 2018
FJD Fiji dollar 2.8606 1 to 30 April 2018
GEL Lari 3.4291 1 to 30 April 2018
GHS Ghana cedi 6.2097 1 to 30 April 2018
GMD Dalasi 67.16 1 to 30 April 2018
GNF Guinean franc 12,695.15 1 to 30 April 2018
GTQ Quetzal 10.4 1 to 30 April 2018
GYD Guyana dollar 290.76 1 to 30 April 2018
HKD Hong Kong dollar 11.03 1 to 30 April 2018
HNL Lempira 33.24 1 to 30 April 2018
HRK Kuna 8.5312 1 to 30 April 2018
HTG Gourde 91.6328 1 to 30 April 2018
HUF Forint 356.74 1 to 30 April 2018
IDR Rupiah 19,357.11 1 to 30 April 2018
ILS New Israeli sheqel 4.9143 1 to 30 April 2018
INR Indian rupee 91.71 1 to 30 April 2018
IQD Iraqi dinar 843.06 1 to 30 April 2018
ISK Iceland krona 140.67 1 to 30 April 2018
JMD Jamaican dollar 179.12 1 to 30 April 2018
JOD Jordanian dinar 0.9979 1 to 30 April 2018
JPY Yen 149.54 1 to 30 April 2018
KES Kenyan shilling 142.12 1 to 30 April 2018
KGS Som 96 1 to 30 April 2018
KHR Riel 5,604.93 1 to 30 April 2018
KMF Comorian franc 564.05 1 to 30 April 2018
KRW Won 1,507.91 1 to 30 April 2018
KWD Kuwaiti dinar 0.4218 1 to 30 April 2018
KYD Cayman Islands dollar 1.1533 1 to 30 April 2018
KZT Tenge 451.07 1 to 30 April 2018
LAK Lao kip 11,695.12 1 to 30 April 2018
LBP Lebanese pound 2,130.86 1 to 30 April 2018
LKR Sri Lanka rupee 219.48 1 to 30 April 2018
LRD Liberian dollar 1.4065 1 to 30 April 2018
LSL Loti 16.75 1 to 30 April 2018
LYD Libyan dinar 1.8707 1 to 30 April 2018
MAD Moroccan dirham 12.94 1 to 30 April 2018
MDL Moldovan leu 23.25 1 to 30 April 2018
MGA Malagasy ariary 4,430.5 1 to 30 April 2018
MKD Denar 70.59 1 to 30 April 2018
MMK Kyat 1,885.56 1 to 30 April 2018
MNT Tugrik 3,372.1 1 to 30 April 2018
MOP Pataca 11.36 1 to 30 April 2018
MRO Ouguiya 497.41 1 to 30 April 2018
MUR Mauritius rupee 46.48 1 to 30 April 2018
MVR Rufiyaa 21.74 1 to 30 April 2018
MWK Malawi kwacha 1,020.23 1 to 30 April 2018
MXN Mexican peso 26.15 1 to 30 April 2018
MYR Malaysian ringgit 5.5213 1 to 30 April 2018
MZN Mozambique metical 87.2 1 to 30 April 2018
NGN Naira 506.34 1 to 30 April 2018
NIO Cordoba oro 43.77 1 to 30 April 2018
NOK Norwegian krone 10.89 1 to 30 April 2018
NPR Nepalese rupee 146.74 1 to 30 April 2018
NZD New Zealand dollar 1.9593 1 to 30 April 2018
OMR Rial Omani 0.5416 1 to 30 April 2018
PAB Balboa 1.4065 1 to 30 April 2018
PEN Sol 4.5817 1 to 30 April 2018
PGK Kina 4.5767 1 to 30 April 2018
PHP Philippine peso 73.33 1 to 30 April 2018
PKR Pakistan rupee 158.58 1 to 30 April 2018
PLN Zloty 4.8514 1 to 30 April 2018
PYG Guarani 7,801.71 1 to 30 April 2018
QAR Qatari rial 5.1211 1 to 30 April 2018
RON Romanian leu 5.3523 1 to 30 April 2018
RSD Serbian dinar 135.79 1 to 30 April 2018
RUB Russian rouble 80.58 1 to 30 April 2018
RWF Rwanda franc 1,216.38 1 to 30 April 2018
SAR Saudi riyal 5.275 1 to 30 April 2018
SBD Solomon Islands dollar 10.77 1 to 30 April 2018
SCR Seychelles rupee 19.26 1 to 30 April 2018
SDG Sudanese pound 25.53 1 to 30 April 2018
SEK Swedish krona 11.57 1 to 30 April 2018
SGD Singapore dollar 1.8531 1 to 30 April 2018
SLL Leone 10,780.9 1 to 30 April 2018
SOS Somali shilling 819.99 1 to 30 April 2018
SRD Surinam dollar 10.5 1 to 30 April 2018
STD Dobra 27,824.15 1 to 30 April 2018
SVC El Salvador colon 12.3 1 to 30 April 2018
SZL Lilangeni 16.75 1 to 30 April 2018
THB Baht 43.91 1 to 30 April 2018
TMT Turkmenistan new manat 4.9298 1 to 30 April 2018
TND Tunisian dinar 3.3825 1 to 30 April 2018
TOP Pa'anga 1.825 1 to 30 April 2018
TRY Turkish lira 5.5173 1 to 30 April 2018
TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar 9.5074 1 to 30 April 2018
TWD New Taiwan dollar 41.04 1 to 30 April 2018
TZS Tanzanian shilling 3,174.49 1 to 30 April 2018
UAH Hryvnia 36.99 1 to 30 April 2018
UGX Uganda shilling 5,151.34 1 to 30 April 2018
USD US dollar 1.4065 1 to 30 April 2018
UYU Peso uruguayo 40.04 1 to 30 April 2018
UZS Uzbekistan sum 11,449.07 1 to 30 April 2018
VEF Bolívar 61,780.92 1 to 30 April 2018
VND Dong 32,031.87 1 to 30 April 2018
VUV Vatu 153.23 1 to 30 April 2018
WST Tala 3.5216 1 to 30 April 2018
XAF CFA franc BEAC 752.07 1 to 30 April 2018
XCD East Caribbean dollar 3.7976 1 to 30 April 2018
XOF CFA franc BCEAO 752.07 1 to 30 April 2018
XPF CFP franc 136.81 1 to 30 April 2018
YER Yemeni rial 352.19 1 to 30 April 2018
ZAR Rand 16.75 1 to 30 April 2018
ZMW Zambian kwacha 13.41 1 to 30 April 2018
ZWL Zimbabwe dollar 509.01 1 to 30 April 2018

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 April 2018:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0418.XML

The same file is also served with a lower case extension, at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/softwaredevelopers/rates/exrates-monthly-0418.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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