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RBZ Foreign Currency Auction Results: 20/07/2021

3 years agoTue, 20 Jul 2021 17:39:12 GMT
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RBZ Foreign Currency Auction Results: 20/07/2021

The Zimbabwe dollar further weakened against the US dollar on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) foreign currency (forex) auction conducted on Tuesday 20 June 2021.

Last week the weighted average was US$1: ZWL$85.5099, falling to US$1: ZWL$85.6372 this week.

This week, US$8.7 million was allocated to the Small to Medium Enterprises forex auction while US$37.3 million was allocated to the main forex auction.

In total, US$46 million was allotted this week, with the bulk of the allotment going to raw materials followed by machinery and equipment.

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588 bids were received on the Small to Medium enterprises forex auction, with 544 accepted and 44 disqualified.

On the main forex auction, a total of 402 bids were received, 370 were accepted while 32 were disqualified.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said bids that were disqualified were not eligible in terms of the Priority List.

Bids with overdue CDIs, outstanding Bills of Entry (BOEs), and those with sufficient FCA balances were also disqualified.

Some bids were allotted on a pro-rata basis to conform with the Import Priority List, the RBZ said. Below is the RBZ summary of the forex auction:

SMEFX47/2021 MAIN FX53/2021
Number of Bids Received : 588 402
Number of Bids Disqualified : 44 32
Total Number of Bids Accepted : 544 370
Total Number of Bids Allotted : 544 370
Total Value of Bids Accepted : USD8,733,042.62 USD37,295,634.31
Amount Allotted : USD8,733,042.62 USD37,295,634.31
Highest Rate Received : 90.0000 90.0000
Lowest Bid Rate Received : 82.0000 82.0000
Lowest Bid Rate Allotted : 82.0000 82.0000
Weighted Average Rate : 85.6373
PURPOSE AMOUNT ALLOTTED SME AUCTION AMOUNT ALLOTTED MAIN AUCTION
Raw Materials 2,027,591.73 15,100,167.36
Machinery and Equipment 2,014,127.79 9,539,708.98
Consumables (Incl. Spares, Tyres, Electricals, etc) 1,984,305.33 3,104,800.09
Services (Loans, Education, Dividends, Disinvestments, etc) 606,061.45 911,998.04
Retail and Distribution (Incl. Food, Beverages, etc) 968,244.79 3,713,743.57
Fuel, Electricity and Gas 278,492.74 1,748,127.88
Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals 563,690.77 2,449,332.18
Paper and Packaging 290,528.02 727,756.21
TOTAL 8,733,042.62 37,295,634.31
GRAND TOTAL AWARDED 46,028,676.93

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