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Ukraine War And US, EU Sanctions Leading To Loss Of US Dollar’s Global Dominance

By Subrata Majumder

A new landscape in currency dominance in global market is taking shape, with US dollar losing pre-eminence and Chinese yuan gaining steam. According to a IMF survey, dollar share in central bank foreign exchange reserves declined from 71 percent in 1999 to 59 percent in 2021. This resulted in steady decline in the use of US dollar in global trade, according to Mr Fareed Zakaria, foreign affairs columnist in the article in Washington Post.

The allegation against dollar losing steam is dollar-weaponization. US dollar has been increasingly used as economic sanctions against non-USA allies rather than facilitating trade financing. According to Ruchir Sharma, Head of Rockefeller Capital Management International, “30 percent of all countries now face sanctions from USA, EU, Japan and UK – up from 10 percent in the early 1990’s”. This led a number of countries adopted for de-dollarization to rein in dollar volatility.

China has been viewed in leading for de-dollarization. Since 2011, China gradually shifted to Chinese yuan from US dollar in trade financing and in 2018, it started buying oil in yuan. As a matter of fact, Chinese yuan is emerging as a major challenge to US dollar. By the end of 2020, Chinese Yuan emerged the largest component of non- traditional currency in the global reserves (such as Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Chinese yuan). These demonstrate that Chinese yuan is emerging fast as a global currency for trade and paves the way for de-dollarization. In 2016, Chinese Yuan became the first emerging market currency to be included in IMF Special Drawing Rights (SDR) . Till that period, only Big Four had the privilege to be in the SDR.

In 2022, Turkey and Russia agreed to use Russian rouble in trade for natural gas. In 2022, Russian president Putin signed an order, desisting ‘non-friendly’ countries (like USA, EU, Japan), from buying Russian gas in any other currency other than Russian rouble, as a retaliation against USA sanctions on Russia. In January 2023, Finance Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed AI – Jaddan said that it was open to trade in other currencies, besides US dollar.

The momentum growth in de-dollarization was spearheaded by surge in rouble – yuan trade, owing to Ukraine war According to Reuter, “Rouble-yuan trade increased eight fold from February to October 2022’.

India is not left behind in the de-dollarization rally. The single biggest item of import of India, which is traded in US dollar, is crude oil. India is the third biggest importer of crude oil in the world. Oil accounts for nearly one third of total import of India. Given the burgeoning US sanctions and OPEC’s tweaking of oil prices, India gradually followed global movement for de-dollarization. It surged largely diversified import of crude oil from Russia, based on the terms of non-dollar payment.

Resultantly, Russia emerged as the second biggest supplier of crude oil to India. In the first ten months of 2022-23 ( April -January) , import of crude oil from Russia increased to 20 percent of total import, as compared to 2 percent in the corresponding period last year. Most of the oil imports from Russia were paid in non-dollar currencies, which included United Arab Emirates dirham and rouble, according to oil industry sources.

To tide over the US sanctions, India and Russia set up alternative arrangements. Indian refineries have accepted Russian insurance. Russian oil suppliers are trying to handle Urals oil transport to India themselves, using their own vessels and shipping arrangement. Further, Indian government has permitted nine Indian banks to open vostro accounts with Russian banks. This will facilitate to deal with Russian oil in rupee trade in currency swapping deal. Indian UCO bank has opened the vostro accounts with Russian Gazprombank and VTB banks.

Furthering the de-dollarization movement, RBI introduced additional convertibility of Indian Rupee from July in 2022 for trade financing. It allowed invoicing and payment of international trade in Indian rupee under “International settlement in Indian Rupees’. RBI allowed 18 countries to transact trade in Rupees.

According to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, RBI initiated this measure to rein in Rupee susceptibility to dollar and euro – the two major currencies dealing with Indian exports and imports – and settle Rupee with non-dollar currencies, which are more stable.  This will shield Indian exporters from currency risks and ensure to offer stable export prices to the importing countries. Eventually, this will act benign to boost exports of the country.

The latest Economic Survey was upbeat to promote international trade in domestic currency. It envisaged that it will protect Rupee from volatility and reduce cost of business in global market. The survey advocated that it could help Indian exporters in getting advance payment in Rupee from overseas clients.

In summing up, de-dollarization movement will pave the way for rupee convertibility. This will prove benign to rupee stability, which ultimately helps to boost exports. (IPA Service)

 

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