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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$ 4.3 billion (US$0.144 billion) from NT$2,295.8 billion (US$76.708 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,300.1 billion (US$76.852 billion). Total outstanding loans increased by NT$ 6 billion (US$0.2 billion) from NT$1,550 billion (US$51.789 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,556 billion (US$51.99 billion) at the end of May 2025. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$4.629 billion (US$0.1547 billion) which increased by NT$ 0.193 billion (US$0.0064 billion) from NT$4.436 billion (US$0.1482billion) 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 0.3% from 0.29% of the previous month.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 268 NPL ratio of less than 1%, of which 40 had NPL ratio of 0%, indicating that loan quality was quite high. The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs decreased by 50.05 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 1,186% from 1,236.05% 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: 2025/5/29 US$≒NT$29.929