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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$ 8.1 billion (US$0.265 billion) from NT$2,318.7 billion (US$75.762 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,326.8 billion (US$76.027 billion). Total outstanding loans increased by NT$ 2 billion (US$0.065 billion) from NT$1,565.5billion (US$51.152 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,567.5 billion (US$51.217 billion) at the end of August 2025. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$4.692 billion (US$0.1533 billion) which increased by NT$ 0.01 billion (US$0.0003 billion) from NT$4.682 billion (US$0.153 billion) at the end of the previous month. The average NPL ratio of these credit departments kept flat at 0.3%.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 268 NPL ratio of less than 1%, of which 33 had NPL ratio of 0%, indicating that loan quality was quite high. The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs decreased by 0.15 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 1,177.47% from 1,177.62% 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: 2025/8/29 US$≒NT$30.605