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Maguire: Around 60% of China's cross-border trade is conducted in Yuan

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Shaun Maguire, Partner at Sequoia Capital, discusses shifting global trade currency dynamics and the declining dominance of the US dollar.

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“Like you look at the cross-border trade in China and like the percent of it that's happening in Yuan now, it's now like 60% is happening in Yuan, which is insane compared to a decade ago.”

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The claim, plainly

Roughly 60% of China's cross-border trade is currently conducted in Chinese Yuan.

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Assessment

Shaun Maguire claimed that roughly 60% of China's cross-border trade was being conducted in Yuan as of mid-2024. However, official data from the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), and financial reports from Reuters and Bloomberg indicate that actual cross-border goods trade settled in Yuan was between 26.5% and 28% in mid-2024 (and 31.8% for services trade). Even across all cross-border bank payments and receipts (including capital accounts, portfolio investment, and direct investment), the Yuan's share reached 53% in May 2024, still short of 60%. The 60% figure appears in reports as the proportion of securities/portfolio investments within total RMB settlements, not the share of overall trade conducted in Yuan.

According to PBOC and SAFE data, cross-border RMB payments and receipts for trade in goods accounted for 26.5% to 28% of total settlements in mid-2024.
Total cross-border transactions across all accounts (including capital and portfolio flows) reached 53% in May 2024.
The 60% figure corresponds to the proportion of securities/portfolio investments within total RMB cross-border settlements, rather than the share of trade settled in Yuan.

Checked against

[1] bofit.fi [2] socialistchina.org [3] www.gov.cn [4] bankofchina.com [5] griffith.edu.au [6] scmp.com

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