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HMRC exchange rates for September 2023

141 currencies, as HMRC published them for 1 to 30 September 2023. 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 2023

Units of each currency per £1, for 1 to 30 September 2023. Sorted by currency code.
Code Currency Units per £1 Period covered
AED Dirham 4.6386 1 to 30 September 2023
ALL Lek 125.9739 1 to 30 September 2023
AMD Dram 487.1045 1 to 30 September 2023
AOA Readj Kwanza 1,052.766 1 to 30 September 2023
ARS Peso 442.0495 1 to 30 September 2023
AUD Dollar 1.9677 1 to 30 September 2023
AWG Florin 2.2609 1 to 30 September 2023
AZN New Manat 2.1491 1 to 30 September 2023
BAM Marka 2.285 1 to 30 September 2023
BBD Dollar 2.5261 1 to 30 September 2023
BDT Taka 138.1545 1 to 30 September 2023
BGN Lev 2.285 1 to 30 September 2023
BHD Dinar 0.4749 1 to 30 September 2023
BIF Franc 3,583.595 1 to 30 September 2023
BMD Dollar (US) 1.2631 1 to 30 September 2023
BND Dollar 1.7149 1 to 30 September 2023
BOB Boliviano 8.7255 1 to 30 September 2023
BRL Real 6.2383 1 to 30 September 2023
BSD Dollar 1.2631 1 to 30 September 2023
BTN Ngultrum 104.4286 1 to 30 September 2023
BWP Pula 17.0529 1 to 30 September 2023
BYN Rouble 3.1622 1 to 30 September 2023
BZD Dollar 2.5441 1 to 30 September 2023
CAD Dollar 1.7141 1 to 30 September 2023
CDF Congo Fr 3,105.649 1 to 30 September 2023
CHF Franc 1.1128 1 to 30 September 2023
CLP Peso 1,098.192 1 to 30 September 2023
CNY Yuan 9.2106 1 to 30 September 2023
COP Peso 5,193.818 1 to 30 September 2023
CRC Colon 682.3371 1 to 30 September 2023
CUP Peso 30.2911 1 to 30 September 2023
CVE Escudo 128.8268 1 to 30 September 2023
CZK Koruna 28.1974 1 to 30 September 2023
DJF Franc 224.6716 1 to 30 September 2023
DKK Krone 8.7075 1 to 30 September 2023
DOP Peso 71.7689 1 to 30 September 2023
DZD Dinar 171.765 1 to 30 September 2023
EGP Pound 39.029 1 to 30 September 2023
ERN Nakfa 18.946 1 to 30 September 2023
ETB Birr 69.7254 1 to 30 September 2023
EUR Euro 1.1683 1 to 30 September 2023
FJD Dollar 2.8609 1 to 30 September 2023
GEL Lari 3.3197 1 to 30 September 2023
GHS Cedi 14.2569 1 to 30 September 2023
GMD Dalasi 76.8047 1 to 30 September 2023
GNF Franc 10,842.79 1 to 30 September 2023
GTQ Quetzal 9.9114 1 to 30 September 2023
GYD Dollar 264.0078 1 to 30 September 2023
HKD Dollar 9.9023 1 to 30 September 2023
HNL Lempira 31.1081 1 to 30 September 2023
HTG Gourde 172.1458 1 to 30 September 2023
HUF Forint 447.2893 1 to 30 September 2023
IDR Rupiah 19,328.45 1 to 30 September 2023
ILS Shekel 4.7798 1 to 30 September 2023
INR Rupee 104.4286 1 to 30 September 2023
IQD Dinar 1,658.354 1 to 30 September 2023
ISK Krona 167.1846 1 to 30 September 2023
JMD Dollar 194.9276 1 to 30 September 2023
JOD Dinar 0.8955 1 to 30 September 2023
JPY Yen 183.6765 1 to 30 September 2023
KES Schilling 182.8123 1 to 30 September 2023
KGS Som 111.3646 1 to 30 September 2023
KHR Riel 5,234.723 1 to 30 September 2023
KMF Franc 574.7587 1 to 30 September 2023
KRW Won 1,692.922 1 to 30 September 2023
KWD Dinar 0.3896 1 to 30 September 2023
KYD Dollar 1.0384 1 to 30 September 2023
KZT Tenge 583.1033 1 to 30 September 2023
LAK Kip 24,582.38 1 to 30 September 2023
LBP Pound 18,973.84 1 to 30 September 2023
LKR Rupee 408.6751 1 to 30 September 2023
LSL Loti 23.6045 1 to 30 September 2023
LYD Dinar 6.0843 1 to 30 September 2023
MAD Dirham 12.6934 1 to 30 September 2023
MDL Leu 22.4946 1 to 30 September 2023
MGA Malagasy Ariary 5,680.904 1 to 30 September 2023
MKD Denar 71.8296 1 to 30 September 2023
MMK Kyat 2,649.2 1 to 30 September 2023
MNT Tugrik 4,392.915 1 to 30 September 2023
MOP Pataca 10.1994 1 to 30 September 2023
MRU Ouguiya 48.1779 1 to 30 September 2023
MUR Rupee 57.3156 1 to 30 September 2023
MVR Rufiyaa 19.4267 1 to 30 September 2023
MWK Kwacha 1,368.955 1 to 30 September 2023
MXN Mexican Peso 21.3222 1 to 30 September 2023
MYR Ringgit 5.8823 1 to 30 September 2023
MZN Metical 80.6331 1 to 30 September 2023
NGN Naira 962.6793 1 to 30 September 2023
NIO Gold Cordoba 46.2178 1 to 30 September 2023
NOK Norwegian Krone 13.5085 1 to 30 September 2023
NPR Rupee 167.1642 1 to 30 September 2023
NZD Dollar 2.1288 1 to 30 September 2023
OMR Rial 0.4857 1 to 30 September 2023
PAB Balboa 1.2631 1 to 30 September 2023
PEN New Sol 4.7019 1 to 30 September 2023
PGK Kina 4.5598 1 to 30 September 2023
PHP Peso 71.7176 1 to 30 September 2023
PKR Rupee 378.6644 1 to 30 September 2023
PLN Zloty 5.2315 1 to 30 September 2023
PYG Guarani 9,198.353 1 to 30 September 2023
QAR Riyal 4.5976 1 to 30 September 2023
RON New Leu 5.773 1 to 30 September 2023
RSD Dinar 136.9348 1 to 30 September 2023
RUB Rouble 119.1271 1 to 30 September 2023
RWF Franc 1,467.853 1 to 30 September 2023
SAR Riyal 4.7365 1 to 30 September 2023
SBD Dollar 10.6414 1 to 30 September 2023
SCR Rupee 16.8483 1 to 30 September 2023
SDG Pound 758.8263 1 to 30 September 2023
SEK Krona 13.9105 1 to 30 September 2023
SGD Dollar 1.7149 1 to 30 September 2023
SLE Leone 27.5005 1 to 30 September 2023
SOS Schilling 719.5476 1 to 30 September 2023
SRD Dollar 48.5986 1 to 30 September 2023
STD Dobra 28,690.9 1 to 30 September 2023
SVC Colon 11.0518 1 to 30 September 2023
SZL Lilangeni 23.6045 1 to 30 September 2023
THB Baht 44.3438 1 to 30 September 2023
TMT New Manat 4.4266 1 to 30 September 2023
TND Dinar 3.9346 1 to 30 September 2023
TOP Pa'anga (AUS) 1.9677 1 to 30 September 2023
TRY Turkish Lira 34.3743 1 to 30 September 2023
TTD Dollar 8.5571 1 to 30 September 2023
TWD Dollar 40.3596 1 to 30 September 2023
TZS Schilling 3,158.365 1 to 30 September 2023
UAH Hryvnia 46.5633 1 to 30 September 2023
UGX Schilling 4,698.967 1 to 30 September 2023
USD Dollar 1.2631 1 to 30 September 2023
UYU Peso 47.793 1 to 30 September 2023
UZS Sum 15,248.15 1 to 30 September 2023
VND Dong 30,079.67 1 to 30 September 2023
VUV Vatu 153.4893 1 to 30 September 2023
WST Tala 3.4566 1 to 30 September 2023
XAF CFA Franc 766.345 1 to 30 September 2023
XCD E Caribbean Dollar 3.4127 1 to 30 September 2023
XOF CFA Franc 766.345 1 to 30 September 2023
XPF CFP Franc 139.4135 1 to 30 September 2023
YER Rial 316.1687 1 to 30 September 2023
ZAR Rand 23.6045 1 to 30 September 2023
ZMW Kwacha 24.5885 1 to 30 September 2023
ZWL Dollar 457.1041 1 to 30 September 2023

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 2023:

https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/exchange_rates/files/monthly_csv_2023-9.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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