Total outstanding loans extended by the current 39 domestic banks increased by NT$232.4 billion (US$7.20 billion) as compared to the number of previous month and amounted to NT$26,163.0 billion (US$810.53 billion) at the end of Dec. 2016.  Meanwhile, the NPLs of these banks totaled at NT$70.7 billion (US$2.19 billion) which decreased by NT$4.9 billion (US$0.15 billion) from NT$75.6 billion (US$2.34 billion) as of the end of the previous month.
With a decrease of 0.02 percentage points, the average NPL ratio of the 39 banks fell to 0.27% down from 0.29% at the end of previous month.  The coverage ratios of allowances for NPLs increase by 40.88 percentage points and therefore rose to a figure of 502.93% from 462.05% of the previous month.
The asset quality of domestic banks continuously remained manageable according to the above figures as of the end of Dec. 2016.  The Financial Supervisory Commission will request those banks with higher NPL ratios to undertake measures to improve asset quality and financial structure on an ongoing basis.

Note: US$≒NT$32.279
Related files:「NPL ratio-105.12」、「Coverage ratio-105.12」、「Assets quality analysis-105.12」、「Assets Quality of Domestic Banks(by business unit)-105.12」and「Financial Statistics of Subsidiary Banks-105.12」