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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$ 11.2 billion (US$0.35 billion) from NT$2,347.5 billion (US$73.405 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,336.3 billion (US$73.055 billion). Total outstanding loans decreased by NT$ 1.1 billion (US$0.034 billion) from NT$1,590.7 billion (US$49.74 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,589.6 billion (US$49.706 billion) at the end of March 2026. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$6.272 billion (US$0.1961 billion) which increased by NT$ 0.24 billion (US$0.0075 billion) from NT$6.032 billion (US$0.1886 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 0.39% from 0.38% of the previous month.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 247 NPL ratio of less than 1%, of which 25 had NPL ratio of 0%, indicating that loan quality was quite high. The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs decreased by 37.06 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 945.15% from 982.21% 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: 2026/3/31 US$≒NT$31.980