Weights for the TWI

New weights for the trade-weighted index (TWI) of the Australian dollar will apply from 2 December 2019. The weights are based on the composition of Australia's merchandise goods and services trade for the 2018/19 financial year. The 19 currencies included in the updated index are unchanged. The Chinese renminbi continues to have the largest weight in the TWI. The weight of the Chinese renminbi increased by 2 percentage points. Otherwise changes in the individual currency weights were mostly within +/- 1 percentage point. See ‘TWI – Method of Calculation’ for a description of the methodology used to construct the TWI.

Weights in the Trade-weighted Index
Per cent
Weight
Currency From 2 December 2019
3 December 2018 –
30 November 2019
Chinese renminbi 29.9577 27.7137
Japanese yen 11.1923 10.9287
United States dollar 9.5682 9.6788
European euro 9.3676 9.7397
South Korean won 5.2207 6.4751
Singapore dollar 4.1744 3.9780
New Zealand dollar 3.9075 4.0210
Indian rupee 3.8721 4.1447
United Kingdom pound sterling 3.8711 3.9507
Malaysian ringgit 3.2069 3.0481
Thai baht 3.1633 3.5284
New Taiwan dollar 2.4790 2.2068
Indonesian rupiah 2.2246 2.3643
Vietnamese dong 1.9773 1.8670
Hong Kong dollar 1.9452 2.6904
Canadian dollar 1.0489 0.9742
United Arab Emirates dirham 0.9749 0.8877
Papua New Guinea kina 0.9592 0.8590
Swiss franc 0.8891 0.9437

Sources: ABS; RBA