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March 31, 2023

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* API
* 2023-04

# GraphQL Admin API now supports creating app charges using the merchant's billing currency

As of the **2023-04** release of the GraphQL Admin API, the Billing API will allow creating app charges using currencies that match the [merchant's local billing currency](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/manage-billing/your-invoice/local-currency#countries-and-regions-where-local-currency-billing-is-supported).

Previously, app charges could only be created using USD and were converted to the merchant's local currency using the exchange rate at the time the invoice is issued. By creating app charges in the merchant's billing currency, app developers will allow merchants to better budget their app spend without being exposed to currency exchange rate fluctuations.

You can use the [shopBillingPreferences](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/2023-04/queries/shopBillingPreferences) query to retrieve the merchant's local billing currency, then pass in the currency value as input to the existing GraphQL Billing APIs.