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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 increased by NT$ 10.6 billion (US$0.335 billion) from NT$2,327.4 billion (US$73.498 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,338 billion (US$73.833 billion). Total outstanding loans increased by NT$ 1.1 billion (US$0.035 billion) from NT$1,598.8 billion (US$50.489 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,599.9 billion (US$50.524 billion) at the end of August 2026. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$7.016 billion (US$0.2216 billion) which increased by NT$0.101 billion (US$0.0032 billion) from NT$6.915 billion (US$0.2184 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 0.44% from 0.43% of the previous month.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 246 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 10.52 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 847.38% from 857.90% 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: 2026/8/31 US$≒NT$31.666