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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$0.135 billion) from NT$2,338 billion (US$73.402 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$2,342.3 billion (US$73.537 billion). Total outstanding loans increased by NT$ 1.5 billion (US$0.047 billion) from NT$1,599.9 billion (US$50.229 billion) of the previous month and amounted to NT$1,601.4 billion (US$50.276 billion) at the end of September 2026. Meanwhile, the NPLs of these credit departments totaled at NT$7.122 billion (US$0.2236 billion) which increased by NT$0.106 billion (US$0.0033 billion) from NT$7.016 billion (US$0.2203 billion) at the end of the previous month. The average NPL ratio of these credit departments kept flat at 0.44%.

　Of the 311 credit departments , 247 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 10.99 percentage points and therefore fell to a figure of 836.39% from 847.38% 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: 2026/9/30 US$≒NT$31.852