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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$4.2 billion (US$0.138 billion) from NT$2,326.8 billion (US$76.366 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,331 billion (US$76.504 billion). Total outstanding loans increased by NT$5.4  billion (US$0.177 billion) from NT$1,567.5 billion (US$51.446 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,572.9 billion (US$51.623 billion) at the end of September 2025. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$4.872 billion (US$0.1599 billion) which increased by NT$ 0.18 billion (US$0.0059 billion) from NT$4.692 billion (US$0.154 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 0.31% from 0.3% of the previous month.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 268 NPL ratio of less than 1%, of which 35 had NPL ratio of 0%, indicating that loan quality was quite high. The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs decreased by 40.71 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 1,136.76% from 1,177.47% 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: 2025/9/30 US$≒NT$30.469