Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe dollar continued to shed value against the United States dollar as observed at today’s foreign currency auction conducted by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).
The foreign exchange weighted average rate has fallen to US$1: ZWL$ 366.2687 352.0626 from US$1: ZWL$352.0626 announced by the RBZ last week.
At this week’s RBZ foreign currency auction conducted on Tuesday, 28 June 2022, a total of US$25.2 million was allotted.
The bulk of the allotment went to raw materials followed by machinery and equipment, the same as last week.
748 bids were received on the Small to Medium Enterprises Forex Auction, with 696 accepted and 52 disqualified. The total number of bids allotted was 695.
On the Main Forex Auction, a total of 261 bids were received, 247 were accepted and 14 were disqualified. The total number of bids allotted was 245.
The RBZ said bids with overdue CDIs, outstanding Bills of Entry (BOEs), insufficient ZWL and those with sufficient FCA balances were also disqualified.
Some bids were also allotted on a pro-rata basis.
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