農業金融署

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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$ 1.7 billion (US$0.055 billion) from NT$2,345.8 billion (US$75.063 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,347.5 billion (US$75.118 billion). Total outstanding loans decreased by NT$ 2.1 billion (US$0.067 billion) from NT$1,592.8 billion (US$50.968 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,590.7 billion (US$50.901 billion) at the end of February 2026. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$6.032 billion (US$0.193 billion) which increased by NT$ 0.217 billion (US$0.0069 billion) from NT$5.815 billion (US$0.1861 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 0.38% from 0.37% of the previous month.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 251 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 36.21 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 982.21% from 1,018.42% 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: 2026/2/26 US$≒NT$31.251