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HMRC exchange rates for August 2021

143 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 31 August 2021. Each figure is the number of units you get for one pound.

Divide, do not multiply

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 August 2021

Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 31 August 2021. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED Dirham 5.0228 1 to 31 August 2021
ALL Lek 141.93 1 to 31 August 2021
AMD Dram 666.72 1 to 31 August 2021
AOA Readj Kwanza 885.42 1 to 31 August 2021
ARS Peso 131.77 1 to 31 August 2021
AUD Dollar 1.8626 1 to 31 August 2021
AWG Florin 2.4477 1 to 31 August 2021
AZN New Manat 2.3233 1 to 31 August 2021
BAM Marka 2.2687 1 to 31 August 2021
BBD Dollar 2.7349 1 to 31 August 2021
BDT Taka 115.89 1 to 31 August 2021
BGN Lev 2.2689 1 to 31 August 2021
BHD Dinar 0.5155 1 to 31 August 2021
BIF Franc 2,711.64 1 to 31 August 2021
BMD Dollar (US) 1.3674 1 to 31 August 2021
BND Dollar 1.8666 1 to 31 August 2021
BOB Boliviano 9.4491 1 to 31 August 2021
BRL Real 7.1873 1 to 31 August 2021
BSD Dollar 1.3674 1 to 31 August 2021
BTN Ngultrum 102.03 1 to 31 August 2021
BWP Pula 15.17 1 to 31 August 2021
BYN Rouble 3.4605 1 to 31 August 2021
BZD Dollar 2.7349 1 to 31 August 2021
CAD Dollar 1.7207 1 to 31 August 2021
CDF Congo Fr 2,737.62 1 to 31 August 2021
CHF Franc 1.2566 1 to 31 August 2021
CLP Peso 1,032.58 1 to 31 August 2021
CNY Yuan 8.8535 1 to 31 August 2021
COP Peso 5,277.32 1 to 31 August 2021
CRC Colon 846.84 1 to 31 August 2021
CUP Peso 1.3674 1 to 31 August 2021
CVE Escudo 128.19 1 to 31 August 2021
CZK Koruna 29.82 1 to 31 August 2021
DJF Franc 243.02 1 to 31 August 2021
DKK Krone 8.6287 1 to 31 August 2021
DOP Peso 77.97 1 to 31 August 2021
DZD Dinar 184.04 1 to 31 August 2021
ECS Dollar 1.3674 1 to 31 August 2021
EGP Pound 21.42 1 to 31 August 2021
ERN Nakfa 20.51 1 to 31 August 2021
ETB Birr 60.55 1 to 31 August 2021
EUR Euro 1.16 1 to 31 August 2021
FJD Dollar 2.8584 1 to 31 August 2021
GEL Lari 4.2528 1 to 31 August 2021
GHS Cedi 8.0953 1 to 31 August 2021
GMD Dalasi 69.87 1 to 31 August 2021
GNF Franc 13,392.09 1 to 31 August 2021
GTQ Quetzal 10.59 1 to 31 August 2021
GYD Dollar 286.04 1 to 31 August 2021
HKD Dollar 10.63 1 to 31 August 2021
HNL Lempira 32.43 1 to 31 August 2021
HRK Kuna 8.7294 1 to 31 August 2021
HTG Gourde 128.16 1 to 31 August 2021
HUF Forint 417.51 1 to 31 August 2021
IDR Rupiah 19,886.09 1 to 31 August 2021
ILS Shekel 4.481 1 to 31 August 2021
INR Rupee 102.03 1 to 31 August 2021
IQD Dinar 1,995.78 1 to 31 August 2021
ISK Krona 171.68 1 to 31 August 2021
JMD Dollar 211.21 1 to 31 August 2021
JOD Dinar 0.9695 1 to 31 August 2021
JPY Yen 150.87 1 to 31 August 2021
KES Schilling 147.95 1 to 31 August 2021
KGS Som 115.82 1 to 31 August 2021
KHR Riel 5,576.44 1 to 31 August 2021
KMF Franc 570.67 1 to 31 August 2021
KRW Won 1,577.89 1 to 31 August 2021
KWD Dinar 0.4114 1 to 31 August 2021
KYD Dollar 1.1213 1 to 31 August 2021
KZT Tenge 585.04 1 to 31 August 2021
LAK Kip 13,072.78 1 to 31 August 2021
LBP Pound 2,075.1 1 to 31 August 2021
LKR Rupee 272.79 1 to 31 August 2021
LSL Loti 20.03 1 to 31 August 2021
LYD Dinar 6.174 1 to 31 August 2021
MAD Dirham 12.24 1 to 31 August 2021
MDL Leu 24.65 1 to 31 August 2021
MGA Malagasy Ariary 5,278.34 1 to 31 August 2021
MKD Denar 71.43 1 to 31 August 2021
MMK Kyat 2,250.5 1 to 31 August 2021
MNT Tugrik 3,897.22 1 to 31 August 2021
MOP Pataca 10.94 1 to 31 August 2021
MRU Ouguiya 48.85 1 to 31 August 2021
MUR Rupee 58.11 1 to 31 August 2021
MVR Rufiyaa 21.05 1 to 31 August 2021
MWK Kwacha 1,106.99 1 to 31 August 2021
MXN Mexican Peso 27.6 1 to 31 August 2021
MYR Ringgit 5.7877 1 to 31 August 2021
MZN Metical 87.01 1 to 31 August 2021
NGN Naira 562.7 1 to 31 August 2021
NIO Gold Cordoba 48.14 1 to 31 August 2021
NOK Norwegian Krone 12.18 1 to 31 August 2021
NPR Rupee 163.25 1 to 31 August 2021
NZD Dollar 1.9666 1 to 31 August 2021
OMR Rial 0.5265 1 to 31 August 2021
PAB Balboa 1.3674 1 to 31 August 2021
PEN New Sol 5.4028 1 to 31 August 2021
PGK Kina 4.8014 1 to 31 August 2021
PHP Peso 68.85 1 to 31 August 2021
PKR Rupee 220.29 1 to 31 August 2021
PLN Zloty 5.3234 1 to 31 August 2021
PYG Guarani 9,341.91 1 to 31 August 2021
QAR Riyal 4.9789 1 to 31 August 2021
RON New Leu 5.7129 1 to 31 August 2021
RSD Dinar 136.41 1 to 31 August 2021
RUB Rouble 101.25 1 to 31 August 2021
RWF Franc 1,361.49 1 to 31 August 2021
SAR Riyal 5.1292 1 to 31 August 2021
SBD Dollar 10.96 1 to 31 August 2021
SCR Rupee 21.38 1 to 31 August 2021
SDG Pound 610.56 1 to 31 August 2021
SEK Krona 11.89 1 to 31 August 2021
SGD Dollar 1.8666 1 to 31 August 2021
SLL Leone 14,016.34 1 to 31 August 2021
SOS Schilling 799.95 1 to 31 August 2021
SRD Dollar 27.88 1 to 31 August 2021
STD Dobra 28,921.5 1 to 31 August 2021
SVC Colon 11.96 1 to 31 August 2021
SZL Lilangeni 20.03 1 to 31 August 2021
THB Baht 44.91 1 to 31 August 2021
TMT New Manat 4.7861 1 to 31 August 2021
TND Dinar 3.8118 1 to 31 August 2021
TOP Pa'anga (AUS) 1.8626 1 to 31 August 2021
TRY Turkish Lira 11.74 1 to 31 August 2021
TTD Dollar 9.224 1 to 31 August 2021
TWD Dollar 38.36 1 to 31 August 2021
TZS Schilling 3,171.1 1 to 31 August 2021
UAH Hryvnia 37.24 1 to 31 August 2021
UGX Schilling 4,862.64 1 to 31 August 2021
USD Dollar 1.3674 1 to 31 August 2021
UYU Peso 60.03 1 to 31 August 2021
UZS Sum 14,493.11 1 to 31 August 2021
VND Dong 31,484.16 1 to 31 August 2021
VUV Vatu 153.1 1 to 31 August 2021
WST Tala 3.5289 1 to 31 August 2021
XAF CFA Franc 760.89 1 to 31 August 2021
XCD E Caribbean Dollar 3.6921 1 to 31 August 2021
XOF CFA Franc 760.89 1 to 31 August 2021
XPF CFP Franc 138.42 1 to 31 August 2021
YER Rial 344.09 1 to 31 August 2021
ZAR Rand 20.03 1 to 31 August 2021
ZMW Kwacha 30.48 1 to 31 August 2021
ZWL Dollar 494.87 1 to 31 August 2021

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 from January 2021 onwards come from the Online Trade Tariff, which publishes one CSV per month. This is the file for August 2021:

https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/exchange_rates/files/monthly_csv_2021-8.csv

Ask that service for a month before January 2021 and it answers 404, which is the same answer it gives for a month nobody has published yet. Those months come from HMRC's XML archive instead.

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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