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Notes to Financial Statements

13. TERM LOANS 1997
US$m
1996
US$m
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Unsecured bank loans 448.8 602.4
Less current portion (note 12) (26.3) -
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422.5 602.4
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Due dates of repayment
Within one year 26.3 -
Between one and two years 205.4 30.4
Between two and five years 217.1 572.0
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448.8 602.4
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Fixed rate loans
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  Weighted average
interest rates
Weighted
average period
Floating
rate loans
Total
Currency % Years US$m US$m US$m
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1997
Australian Dollar 8.4 1.2 147.0 - 147.0
Hong Kong Dollar 7.4 2.7 77.4 12.9 90.3
New Taiwanese Dollar - - - 15.4 15.4
New Zealand Dollar 8.3 1.5 58.2 58.6 116.8
Spanish Peseta - - - 26.3 26.3
United States Dollar - - - 53.0 53.0
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282.6 166.2 448.8
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1996
Australian Dollar 8.7 1.4 175.2 67.7 242.9
Hong Kong Dollar 7.4 3.7 77.6 38.7 116.3
New Taiwanese Dollar - - - 18.2 18.2
New Zealand Dollar 8.1 1.0 70.8 70.8 141.6
Spanish Peseta - - - 30.4 30.4
United States Dollar - - - 53.0 53.0
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323.6 278.8 602.4
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The weighted average interest rates and period of fixed rate loans are stated after taking account of hedging transactions.

Net exchange rate movements reduced term loans by US$69.2 million mainly due to the depreciation of Australian Dollar (US$36.8 million), New Zealand Dollar (US$25.3 million), and Spanish Peseta (US$4.1 million).

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