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　Agricultural Finance Agency , Ministry of Agriculture (the AFNA) has released that total deposits extended by the current 311 Credit Departments of Farmers' and Fishermen's Associations decreased by NT$ 6.5 billion (US$0.196 billion) from NT$2,306.3 billion (US$69.505 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,299.8 billion (US$69.309 billion). Total outstanding loans increased by NT$ 2.1 billion (US$0.063 billion) from NT$1,542.1 billion (US$46.474 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,544.2 billion (US$46.537 billion) at the end of March 2025. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$4.211 billion (US$0.1269 billion) which increased by NT$ 0.23 billion (US$0.0069 billion) from NT$3.981 billion (US$0.12 billion) at the end of the previous month. The average NPL ratio of these credit departments increased by 0.01 percentage points and therefore rose to a figure of 0.27% from 0.26% of the previous month.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 270 NPL ratio of less than 1%, of which 42 had NPL ratio of 0%, indicating that loan quality was quite high. The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs decreased by 72.55 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 1,299.22% from 1,371.77% of the previous month.

　The AFNA will continue to maintain a firm grasp of the operational situation at credit departments, and will strengthen oversight and guidance work to continue to assist credit departments to ensure sound operations, and to maintain the stable development of agricultural finance.

　Note: 2025/3/31 US$≒NT$33.182