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HMRC exchange rates for September 2021

143 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 30 September 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 September 2021

Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 30 September 2021. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED Dirham 5.0532 1 to 30 September 2021
ALL Lek 142.73 1 to 30 September 2021
AMD Dram 675.58 1 to 30 September 2021
AOA Readj Kwanza 889.99 1 to 30 September 2021
ARS Peso 133.81 1 to 30 September 2021
AUD Dollar 1.9009 1 to 30 September 2021
AWG Florin 2.4625 1 to 30 September 2021
AZN New Manat 2.3373 1 to 30 September 2021
BAM Marka 2.2974 1 to 30 September 2021
BBD Dollar 2.7514 1 to 30 September 2021
BDT Taka 116.87 1 to 30 September 2021
BGN Lev 2.2976 1 to 30 September 2021
BHD Dinar 0.5187 1 to 30 September 2021
BIF Franc 2,729.24 1 to 30 September 2021
BMD Dollar (US) 1.3757 1 to 30 September 2021
BND Dollar 1.8716 1 to 30 September 2021
BOB Boliviano 9.5061 1 to 30 September 2021
BRL Real 7.3045 1 to 30 September 2021
BSD Dollar 1.3757 1 to 30 September 2021
BTN Ngultrum 102.14 1 to 30 September 2021
BWP Pula 15.42 1 to 30 September 2021
BYN Rouble 3.456 1 to 30 September 2021
BZD Dollar 2.7514 1 to 30 September 2021
CAD Dollar 1.7371 1 to 30 September 2021
CDF Congo Fr 2,723.41 1 to 30 September 2021
CHF Franc 1.2626 1 to 30 September 2021
CLP Peso 1,081.53 1 to 30 September 2021
CNY Yuan 8.915 1 to 30 September 2021
COP Peso 5,313.38 1 to 30 September 2021
CRC Colon 852.36 1 to 30 September 2021
CUP Peso 1.3757 1 to 30 September 2021
CVE Escudo 129.51 1 to 30 September 2021
CZK Koruna 29.87 1 to 30 September 2021
DJF Franc 244.49 1 to 30 September 2021
DKK Krone 8.7355 1 to 30 September 2021
DOP Peso 78.49 1 to 30 September 2021
DZD Dinar 186.26 1 to 30 September 2021
ECS Dollar 1.3757 1 to 30 September 2021
EGP Pound 21.59 1 to 30 September 2021
ERN Nakfa 20.63 1 to 30 September 2021
ETB Birr 62.5 1 to 30 September 2021
EUR Euro 1.1747 1 to 30 September 2021
FJD Dollar 2.8957 1 to 30 September 2021
GEL Lari 4.2991 1 to 30 September 2021
GHS Cedi 8.3093 1 to 30 September 2021
GMD Dalasi 70.6 1 to 30 September 2021
GNF Franc 13,477.79 1 to 30 September 2021
GTQ Quetzal 10.64 1 to 30 September 2021
GYD Dollar 287.55 1 to 30 September 2021
HKD Dollar 10.71 1 to 30 September 2021
HNL Lempira 32.74 1 to 30 September 2021
HRK Kuna 8.8073 1 to 30 September 2021
HTG Gourde 131.59 1 to 30 September 2021
HUF Forint 411.52 1 to 30 September 2021
IDR Rupiah 19,772.34 1 to 30 September 2021
ILS Shekel 4.4483 1 to 30 September 2021
INR Rupee 102.14 1 to 30 September 2021
IQD Dinar 2,007.18 1 to 30 September 2021
ISK Krona 174.32 1 to 30 September 2021
JMD Dollar 212.54 1 to 30 September 2021
JOD Dinar 0.9754 1 to 30 September 2021
JPY Yen 151.18 1 to 30 September 2021
KES Schilling 150.63 1 to 30 September 2021
KGS Som 116.38 1 to 30 September 2021
KHR Riel 5,611.94 1 to 30 September 2021
KMF Franc 577.89 1 to 30 September 2021
KRW Won 1,607.64 1 to 30 September 2021
KWD Dinar 0.4141 1 to 30 September 2021
KYD Dollar 1.1281 1 to 30 September 2021
KZT Tenge 585.83 1 to 30 September 2021
LAK Kip 13,190.48 1 to 30 September 2021
LBP Pound 2,077.67 1 to 30 September 2021
LKR Rupee 274.2 1 to 30 September 2021
LSL Loti 20.58 1 to 30 September 2021
LYD Dinar 6.2215 1 to 30 September 2021
MAD Dirham 12.39 1 to 30 September 2021
MDL Leu 24.14 1 to 30 September 2021
MGA Malagasy Ariary 5,381.82 1 to 30 September 2021
MKD Denar 72.3 1 to 30 September 2021
MMK Kyat 2,264.57 1 to 30 September 2021
MNT Tugrik 3,935.89 1 to 30 September 2021
MOP Pataca 11.03 1 to 30 September 2021
MRU Ouguiya 49.15 1 to 30 September 2021
MUR Rupee 59.08 1 to 30 September 2021
MVR Rufiyaa 21.26 1 to 30 September 2021
MWK Kwacha 1,117.77 1 to 30 September 2021
MXN Mexican Peso 27.5 1 to 30 September 2021
MYR Ringgit 5.8302 1 to 30 September 2021
MZN Metical 87.57 1 to 30 September 2021
NGN Naira 566.79 1 to 30 September 2021
NIO Gold Cordoba 48.4 1 to 30 September 2021
NOK Norwegian Krone 12.24 1 to 30 September 2021
NPR Rupee 163.42 1 to 30 September 2021
NZD Dollar 1.9977 1 to 30 September 2021
OMR Rial 0.5296 1 to 30 September 2021
PAB Balboa 1.3757 1 to 30 September 2021
PEN New Sol 5.6324 1 to 30 September 2021
PGK Kina 4.8339 1 to 30 September 2021
PHP Peso 69.36 1 to 30 September 2021
PKR Rupee 225.75 1 to 30 September 2021
PLN Zloty 5.352 1 to 30 September 2021
PYG Guarani 9,536.6 1 to 30 September 2021
QAR Riyal 5.0089 1 to 30 September 2021
RON New Leu 5.7857 1 to 30 September 2021
RSD Dinar 138.12 1 to 30 September 2021
RUB Rouble 101.42 1 to 30 September 2021
RWF Franc 1,373.29 1 to 30 September 2021
SAR Riyal 5.1594 1 to 30 September 2021
SBD Dollar 11.12 1 to 30 September 2021
SCR Rupee 20.62 1 to 30 September 2021
SDG Pound 614.25 1 to 30 September 2021
SEK Krona 11.99 1 to 30 September 2021
SGD Dollar 1.8716 1 to 30 September 2021
SLL Leone 14,238.56 1 to 30 September 2021
SOS Schilling 804.78 1 to 30 September 2021
SRD Dollar 29.45 1 to 30 September 2021
STD Dobra 28,776.9 1 to 30 September 2021
SVC Colon 12.03 1 to 30 September 2021
SZL Lilangeni 20.58 1 to 30 September 2021
THB Baht 45.79 1 to 30 September 2021
TMT New Manat 4.815 1 to 30 September 2021
TND Dinar 3.858 1 to 30 September 2021
TOP Pa'anga (AUS) 1.9009 1 to 30 September 2021
TRY Turkish Lira 11.65 1 to 30 September 2021
TTD Dollar 9.2828 1 to 30 September 2021
TWD Dollar 38.26 1 to 30 September 2021
TZS Schilling 3,190.26 1 to 30 September 2021
UAH Hryvnia 36.62 1 to 30 September 2021
UGX Schilling 4,856.24 1 to 30 September 2021
USD Dollar 1.3757 1 to 30 September 2021
UYU Peso 59.41 1 to 30 September 2021
UZS Sum 14,643.02 1 to 30 September 2021
VND Dong 31,377.86 1 to 30 September 2021
VUV Vatu 155.04 1 to 30 September 2021
WST Tala 3.553 1 to 30 September 2021
XAF CFA Franc 770.52 1 to 30 September 2021
XCD E Caribbean Dollar 3.7144 1 to 30 September 2021
XOF CFA Franc 770.52 1 to 30 September 2021
XPF CFP Franc 140.17 1 to 30 September 2021
YER Rial 345.81 1 to 30 September 2021
ZAR Rand 20.58 1 to 30 September 2021
ZMW Kwacha 25.62 1 to 30 September 2021
ZWL Dollar 497.86 1 to 30 September 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 September 2021:

https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/exchange_rates/files/monthly_csv_2021-9.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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