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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$ 3 billion (US$0.095 billion) from NT$2,336.3 billion (US$73.821 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,339.3 billion (US$73.916 billion). Total outstanding loans increased by NT$ 1.9 billion (US$0.06 billion) from NT$1,589.6 billion (US$50.228 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,591.5 billion (US$50.288 billion) at the end of April 2026. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$6.457 billion (US$0.204 billion) which increased by NT$ 0.185 billion (US$0.0058 billion) from NT$6.272 billion (US$0.1982 billion) at the end of the previous month. The average NPL ratio of these credit departments increased by 0.02 percentage points and therefore rose to a figure of 0.41% from 0.39% of the previous month.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 241 NPL ratio of less than 1%, of which 24 had NPL ratio of 0%, indicating that loan quality was quite high. The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs decreased by 26.3 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 918.85% from 945.15% 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: 2026/4/30 US$≒NT$31.648