International Monetary Fund
Korea: Reserve Tranche Position
as of January 31, 2013

In exchange for the reserve asset portion of its quota payment, an IMF member acquires a liquid claim on the IMF-much like a demand deposit in a commercial bank. This claim is called the member's Reserve Tranche Position, and it is equal to the member's quota minus the IMF's holdings of the member's currency (excluding currency holdings that stem from the member's own use of credit). The reserve tranche position is part of the member country's external reserves.


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Date SDR Amount
  January 31, 2013         985,924,497
  December 31, 2012         1,034,239,497
  December 31, 2011         1,217,489,247
  December 31, 2010         665,414,247
  December 31, 2009         628,414,247
  December 31, 2008         376,414,247
  December 31, 2007         196,674,247
  December 31, 2006         292,708,214
  December 31, 2005         213,972,407
  December 31, 2004         507,678,129
  December 31, 2003         507,657,485
  December 31, 2002         383,989,102
  December 31, 2001         208,831,435
  December 31, 2000         208,643,553
  December 31, 1999         208,597,789
  December 31, 1998         59,407
  December 31, 1997         443,720,263
  December 31, 1996         474,295,335
  December 31, 1995         438,493,589
  December 31, 1994         363,607,848
  December 31, 1993         339,166,945
  December 31, 1992         319,047,274
  December 31, 1991         255,351,204
  December 31, 1990         224,513,567
  December 31, 1989         178,194,483
  December 31, 1988         675,793
  December 31, 1987         675,793
  December 31, 1986         675,793
  December 31, 1985         675,793
  December 31, 1984         0

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Korea: Financial Position in the Fund