Ruble reached the top of payments for Asian imports for the first time 19:14

The ruble became the main currency used in imports from Asian countries for the first time in August, reaching a record share of 43.6%, compared to 42.9% in the previous month. writes about this RIA Novosti With reference to data from the Central Bank of Russia.
The Russian currency became the leader in material payments, outperforming the currencies of friendly countries by 0.6 percentage points. The publication notes that the last time the ruble exceeded the share of friendly currencies in imports from Asian countries was in February 2022, but then the actual calculations were made on “toxic” currencies.

The ruble also strengthened its position in settlements with Africa, increasing its share to 69.9% and with Oceania to 84.3%. However, the overall share of the ruble in import transactions decreased slightly, falling from 45.9% in July to 44.7% in August.

At the same time, the use of friendly countries’ currencies decreased by 2.2 points to 31.2%. At the same time, the share of “toxic” currencies increased from 20.7% to 24.1%, mainly due to increased use in settlements in Asia, America and Europe.

It was learned that the share of the dollar in international reserves was determined the other day. fell It fell to the lowest level of the last 30 years with 58.22%. This is because countries are reducing their dependence on the US currency due to the pressure of US sanctions and turning to alternative currencies and gold to spread the risks.

Previously at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation accepted New increase in key interest rate.

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