Asian Clearing Union

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An organization intended to provide a systematic way for transnational transactions in Asia to be settled. Eligible transactions are settled using an accounting currency equal to one U.S. dollar. A number of transactions are required to be settled through the Asian Currency Union, notably deferred-payment import/export transactions and direct transfers between residents of different member countries. It was established by the United Nations in 1974 and is based in Tehran, Iran.

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No references found			The Asian Clearing Union (ACU), with headquarters at Tehran (Iran), was established on 9 December 1974 at the initiative of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) of the United Nations. Iran-ACU Monetary Transactions Exceeded $13bln by Moj News Agency (Tehran, Iran) The Asian Clearing Union (ACU), with headquarters at Tehran (Iran), was established on 9 December 1974 at the initiative of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) of the United Nations. Iran's Central Bank offers National Bank of Kyrgyzstan to enter Asian ... by AKIpress News Agency The study also stressed the need to discuss if there is still a need to expand the membership of the Asian Clearing Union -- established in 1974 under the auspices of the (Tehran-based) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) -- or whether a new East Asian Clearing Union should be established. Asian Monetary Fund merits serious consideration, ADB says by Asian Economic News			asbestos asbestos containing material Ascender Ascending Channel Ascending Sign Ascending Tops Ascending Triangle ASCII Ascribed Group Membership ASE ASE Index ASE Market Capitalization Weighted Index ASEAN Free-Trade Area Asegurado Aseguradora Aseguradora Mexicana Asesor de inversiones Asesor financiero Asesor financiero autorizado Ashaan ad-Dukhaan ASHI Asia Ex-Japan Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Pact Asian and Pacific Coconut Community Asian Clearing Union Asian Currency Unit Asian Currency Units Asian Development Bank Asian Development Fund Asian Dollar Market Asian Dollars Asian Financial Crisis Asian Futures Asian Option Asian Productivity Organization Asiento Asignacion Asignacion de actives Asignacion de fondos Asignacion de recursos Ask Ask Size Asked Price Asked to Bid/Offer Asociacion Latinoamericana de Institutiones Financieras de Desarrollo Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion Aspect Ratio Aspenize Asper Aspirin			Asian Center for Journalism Asian Center for Missions Asian Center for Research on Remote Sensing Asian Center for Soil Improvement and Geosynthetics Asian Centre for Human Rights Asian Centre for Organization Research and Development Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development Asian Centre of International Parasite Control Asian Century Research School Network Asian Ceramic Research Organization Asian Champions League Asian Chemical Congress Asian Children Support Association Asian Christian Charismatic Fellowship Asian Christian Faculty Fellowship Asian Christian Fellowship Asian Christian Higher Education Institute Asian CineVision Asian Citrus Holdings Ltd. Asian Citrus Psyllid Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council Asian Civilisations Museum Asian Classics Input Project Asian Classics Institute Asian Clearing Union Asian Coalition for Housing Rights Asian Coalition of Human Rights Organizations Asian Coalition Workshop for Architecture and Urbanism Asian Cobra Asian College of Science and Technology Asian Commerce and Economics Studies Centre Asian Committee for Future Accelerators Asian Communist Asian Community AIDS Services Asian Community Development Corporation Asian Community Health Action Network Asian Community Mental Health Services Asian Community Online Network Asian Community Outreach Program Legal Assistance Asian Composites Manufacturing Sdn Bhd Asian Conference on Computer Vision Asian Conference on Electrical Insulation Diagnosis Asian Conference on Food and Nutrition Safety Asian Conference on High Pressure Research Asian Conference on Lactic Acid Bacteria Asian Conference on Language, Information and Computation Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics Asian Conference on Occupational Health Asian Conference on Quantum Information Science

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