2026-04-24 | CIEX N° 06/2026Added · Updated
Financial entities are authorized to access daily information on the US Dollar's reference buy and sell values via the Central Bank of Bolivia's (BCB) "BCB Indicators" web service. Entities already using the service must configure their access according to the attached Technical Specifications Manual, while those without access must submit a written request to the BCB Systems Manager. The document details the technical specifications for accessing various indicators, including exchange rates, reference interest rates (TRE), and referential parity active rates for UFV, through the "ServiciosBCB" web service, outlining input and output parameters and error codes.
EXTERNAL CIRCULAR La Paz, April 24, 2026 CIEX N° 6/2026 FROM: GENERAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL ENTITIES MANAGEMENT TO: FINANCIAL ENTITIES SUBJECT: ACCESS TO DAILY INFORMATION ON THE REFERENCE VALUE OF THE US DOLLAR
Gentlemen:
The Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB) informs Financial Entities that they can access the daily information published by the BCB regarding the Reference Buy and Sell Value of the US Dollar, through the "BCB Indicators" web service.
Entities that currently have access to the "BCB Indicators" web service will be able to configure their enablement according to the attached Technical Specifications Manual. For any queries, entities may contact phone 2661122 or email fmanrriquez@bcb.gob.bo. Furthermore, entities that do not have this service must submit their request in writing to Mr. Edgar Fernando Revollo Patón, BCB Systems Manager.
Sincerely.
DIGITALLY SIGNED DOCUMENT Fabian Antonio Chahin Medrano FINANCIAL ENTITIES MANAGER Gastón Elías Cordero Crespo ACTING GENERAL MANAGER Validate digital signatures at validar.firmadigital.bo Attached: Manual "Technical Specifications of the BCB Indicators Web Service" GECC/FACM/rjoa/ceol
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE V. 3 Date: 10-04-2026
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 2 Change Control VERSION DATE AUTHOR CHANGES 1.0 Initial Document 2.0 27/11/2025 Hugo Quispe Document Modification: Document Update. 3.0 10/04/2026 Paul Sanchez Addition of Reference Dollar Value
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 3 Contents
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 4 6. CODIFIERS ........................................................................................................................ 12 6.1. INDICATOR TYPE CODE........................................................................................... 12 6.2. CURRENCY AND MONETARY DENOMINATION CODE ................................................ 12 6.3. ERROR CODE ............................................................................................................ 13 7. SERVICE WSDL URL.................................................................................................... 13
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 5
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 6 4.1.1. Considerations
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 7 With the XSD schema and with the help of the consultation methods, the system will read the XML file, validate that the information is correct, allowing the sending of information registered in the database. The service will perform detailed validation per request. 5.1. GET INDICATOR 5.1.1. Input Parameters The "obtenerIndicador" method sends the request to the database, for which the following parameters are necessary. TABLE No. 1 STRUCTURE OF INPUT ARGUMENTS No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 indicatorCode numeric 1 Indicator code, BCB format (see codifier N° 1). 2 currencyCode numeric 2 Currency code, BCB format. (see codifier Nº 2) 3 date alphanumeric 10 Query date, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “27/11/2025” 5.1.2. Output Parameters 5.1.2.1. Response in exchange rates The method returns a list of Indicator data available in the database. The data returned by the method are: TABLE No. 2 STRUCTURE OF THE EXCHANGE RATE OUTPUT LIST No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 errorCode alphanumeric 4 Error Code, BCB format (see codifier N° 3) 2 indicatorDescription alphanumeric 30 Indicator Description (exchange rates) 3 currencyCode alphanumeric 2 Currency code, BCB format. (see codifier Nº 2)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 8 4 date alphanumeric 10 Query date, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “27/11/2025” 5 value Numeric 12,5 Exchange rate value, numeric format with 5 decimal digits 5.1.2.2. Response in reference interest rates TABLE No. 3 STRUCTURE OF THE TRE RATE OUTPUT LIST No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 errorCode alphanumeric 4 Error Code, BCB format (see codifier N° 3) 2 indicatorDescription alphanumeric 30 Indicator Description 3 currencyCode alphanumeric 2 Currency code, BCB format. (see codifier Nº 2) 4 validityStartDate alphanumeric 10 Start Date of Validity, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “27/11/2025” 5 validityEndDate alphanumeric 10 End date of validity, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “29/11/2025” 6 value Numeric 12,2 TRE rate value, numeric format with 2 decimal digits 5.1.2.3. Response in Referential Parity Active Rate (UFV) rates TABLE No. 4 STRUCTURE OF THE TAPR PARITY RATE OUTPUT LIST No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 errorCode alphanumeric 4 Error Code, BCB format (see codifier N° 3) 2 indicatorDescription alphanumeric 30 Indicator Description
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 9 3 currencyCode alphanumeric 2 Currency code, BCB format. (see codifier Nº 2) 4 validityStartDate alphanumeric 10 Start Date of Validity, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “27/11/2025” 5 validityEndDate alphanumeric 10 End date of validity, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “29/11/2025” 6 value Numeric 12,2 TAPR parity rate value, numeric format with 2 decimal digits 5.1.2.4. Response in case of error TABLE No. 5 STRUCTURE OF THE ERROR OUTPUT LIST No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 errorCode alphanumeric 4 Error code, BCB format (see codifier N° 3) 5.2. GET INDICATOR XML 5.2.1. Input Parameters TABLE No. 6 STRUCTURE OF INPUT ARGUMENTS No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 indicatorCode numeric 2 Indicator code, XML format (see codifier N° 1). 2 currencyCode numeric 2 Currency code, BCB format. (see codifier Nº 2) 3 date Alphanumeric Date format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “11/12/2025”
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 10 5.2.2. Output Parameters 5.2.2.1. Response without error in Exchange Rates 5.2.2.2. Response without error in Reference Interest Rates 5.3. GET CURRENCY INDICATOR 5.3.1. Input Parameters The "obtenerIndicadorMoneda" method sends the request to the database, for which the following parameters are necessary: TABLE No. 7 STRUCTURE OF INPUT ARGUMENTS No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 indicatorCode numeric 1 Indicator code, BCB format (see codifier N° 1).
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 11 2 date alphanumeric 10 Query date, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “29/09/2025” 5.3.2. Output Parameters 5.3.2.1. Response in exchange rates The method returns a list of Indicator data available in the database. The data returned by the method are: TABLE No. 8 STRUCTURE OF THE EXCHANGE RATE OUTPUT LIST No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 errorCode alphanumeric 4 Error Code, BCB format (see codifier N° 3) 2 indicatorDescription alphanumeric 30 Indicator Description (exchange rates) 3 currencyCode alphanumeric 2 Currency code, BCB format. (see codifier Nº 2) 4 date alphanumeric 10 Query date, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “27/11/2025” 5 indicatorValidityEndDate alphanumeric 10 Last validity date of the indicator, format “dd/mm/yyyy”, example “27/11/2025” 6 value Decimal 12,5 Exchange rate value, numeric format with 5 decimal digits 5.3.2.2. Response in case of error TABLE No. 9 STRUCTURE OF THE ERROR OUTPUT LIST No. Name Data Type Length Description 1 errorCode alphanumeric 4 Error code, BCB format (see codifier N° 3)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 12 6. CODIFIERS 6.1. INDICATOR TYPE CODE CODIFIER Nº 1 INDICATOR TYPE CODES Code Indicator Description 1 Exchange rate 2 Reference Interest Rate (TRE) 3 Referential parity active rate (UFV) 6.2. CURRENCY AND MONETARY DENOMINATION CODE CODIFIER Nº 2 CURRENCY AND MONETARY DENOMINATION CODES (BCB FORMAT) Code Monetary Denominations 1 ARGENTINA - PESO 6 BRAZIL - REAL 7 CANADA - DOLLAR 8 CHILE - PESO 9 COLOMBIA - PESO 10 SOUTH KOREA - WON 11 DENMARK - KRONE 12 ECUADOR - DOLLAR 16 HONG KONG - DOLLAR 17 INDIA - RUPEE 20 JAPAN - YEN 22 MEXICO - PESO 23 NORWAY - KRONE 24 PARAGUAY - GUARANI 25 PERU - NUEVO SOL 26 YUAN RENMINBI OFFSHORE 30 SWEDEN - KRONE 31 SWITZERLAND - FRANC 32 SINGAPORE - DOLLAR 33 UNITED KINGDOM - POUND 34 U.S. - DOLLAR - BUY
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BCB INDICATORS WEB SERVICE 13 35 U.S. - DOLLAR - SELL 37 THAILAND - THAI BAHT 38 TAIWAN - DOLLAR 41 AUSTRALIA - DOLLAR 42 URUGUAY - PESO 43 VENEZUELA - BOLIVAR FUERTE 50 SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHT - S.D.R. 53 EUROPEAN UNION - EURO 69 BOLIVIANOS 75 MVDOL 76 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT UNIT 340 U.S. – REFERENCE DOLLAR BUY 350 U.S. – REFERENCE DOLLAR SELL 6.3. ERROR CODE CODIFIER Nº 3 ERROR MESSAGE CODES Code Message Description 0 Successful query 1001 One of the parameters is empty 1002 Invalid Indicator Type Code 1003 Invalid Currency Code 1004 Invalid Date 2001 No value exists for the given parameters 2002 Internal error in the BCB 7. SERVICE WSDL URL The following table describes the address where the Indicators Web Service is published: Service URL Indicators https://indicadores.bcb.gob.bo/ServiciosBCB/indicadores?wsdl