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July Chart SGE vs. COMEX

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Monthly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs COMEX. By @KoosJansen SGE – 235.4 metric tonnes delivered in July (left the SGE vaults) – m/m +30.78 % – 1334 metric tonnes delivered year to date (January – July) COMEX – 0.5 metric tonnes delivered in July – m/m -98 % – 134 metric tonnes delivered year to date (January... Continue Reading arrow

China Explains How The Fed Has Manipulated Gold For Decades

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This is an article from the Chinese state press agency CNTV (China Network Television), which later appeared on www.best-news.us. The writer describes how soon after Nixon closed the gold window in 1971 – and the price of gold sky rocketed to $800 an ounce – the Fed started to combat the price of gold up … Continue Reading arrow

Week 30 SGE Chart

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Weekly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs world mining production. By @KoosJansen – 46 metric tonnes delivered in week 30 (left the SGE vaults) – w/w -11.31 % – 1347 metric tonnes delivered year to date Source: SGE, USGS For more information on SGE physical deliveries read this. Continue Reading arrow

June Chinese Gold Trade Charts

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Today new data came out from the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department. This data covers Hong Kong import, export and re-export of goods to June 2013. All of the charts about Chinese and Hong Kong gold trade I publish on this blog are based on these data sets. The charts show exactly how much is traded … Continue Reading arrow

Week 29 SGE Chart

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Weekly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs world mining production. By @KoosJansen – 52 metric tonnes delivered in week 29 (left the SGE vaults) – w/w 2.63 % – 1301 metric tonnes delivered year to date Source: SGE, USGS For more information on SGE physical deliveries read this. Continue Reading arrow

Gold Delivery at the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs. COMEX

Gold Delivery at the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs. COMEX

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With the charts I publish about physical delivery on the Shanghai Gold Exchange and the COMEX I try to show how much metal is withdrawn from these exchanges. A few days ago two articles appeared on the internet in which the delivery process of a gold futures contract at the COMEX is explained. For me it contained … Continue Reading arrow

The BoE on its Current Gold Holdings

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After Alasdair MacLeod said the BoE’s gold holdings dropped 1300 tons from February to June this year, I send an email to the BoE to get clarification. This was their response: In the annual report from February which he refers to, it’s stated that the Bank holds £210 billion in gold for the UK government, other central banks around … Continue Reading arrow

Week 28 SGE Chart

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Weekly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs world mining production. By @KoosJansen – 51 metric tonnes delivered in week 28 (left the SGE vaults) – w/w 0.17 % – 1249 metric tonnes delivered year to date   Continue Reading arrow

Hong Kong – Switzerland Gold Trade

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This chart is calculated as Hong Kong gold import from Switzerland minus export and re-export to Switzerland. The categories I counted where HKHS (Hong Kong Harmonized System) codes: 98002: GOLD COIN AND CURRENT COIN 97101: GOLD (INCLUDING GOLD PLATED WITH PLATINUM), NON-MONETARY, UNWROUGHT OR IN SEMI-MANUFACTURED FORMS, OR IN POWDER … Continue Reading arrow

Hong Kong Gold Trade

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For a small state like Hong Kong with a population of 7 million people they’re accumulating quite a lot of physical gold. In 2012 they stacked 70t, in 2013 up until May they’re up for 141t. Continue Reading arrow

June Chart: SGE vs. COMEX

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Monthly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs COMEX. By @KoosJansen – 180 metric tonnes delivered in June (left the SGE vaults) – m/m -19.67 % – 1098 metric tonnes delivered year to date (January – June) Source: SGE, USGS, CMEGROUP Continue Reading arrow

Week 27 SGE Chart

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Weekly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs world mining production. By @KoosJansen – 51 metric tonnes delivered in week 27 (left the SGE vaults) – w/w 2.51 % – 1198 metric tonnes delivered year to date   Continue Reading arrow

Correction: Hong Kong Gold Trade Chart

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Below is a chart I published a few days ago on this website, this chart was INCORRECT. Before making this chart I was misinformed on the definition of “re-exports". When double checking my data with the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department I learned the true definition of re-exports. Re-exports are defined as goods which … Continue Reading arrow

Week 26 SGE Chart

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Weekly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs world mining production. By @KoosJansen – 49 metric tonnes delivered in week 26 (left the SGE vaults) – w/w -9.16 % – 1148 metric tonnes delivered year to date   Continue Reading arrow

Chinese Press On Gold and The Dollar Hegemony

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Below is an article that appeared in the Chinese newspaper “World News Journal" from 2011. The first part is about the relationship between gold, the dollar and oil. The second part is on the US plundering the rest of the world by means of the dollar as the world reserve currency. China wont go along … Continue Reading arrow

Week 25 SGE Chart

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Weekly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs world mining production. By @KoosJansen – 54 metric tonnes delivered in week 25 (left the SGE vaults) – w/w -2.27 % – 1098 metric tonnes delivered year to date   Continue Reading arrow

An Insight Into China’s Gold Hoarding Strategy

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This article appeared in Qiushi magazine (August 2012), the main academic journal of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee. Sun Zhaoxue, president of China National Gold Corporation, explains why China needs to ramp up its gold reserves. Google Translate from here:   Build a strong China’s economic and financial security barrier – Actively build and... Continue Reading arrow

Week 24 SGE Chart

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Weekly chart physical gold delivered on the Shanghai Gold Exchange vs world mining production. By @KoosJansen – 56 metric tonnes delivered (left the SGE vaults) – w/w 136 % – 1044 metric tonnes delivered year to date Continue Reading arrow

Singapore Gold Bar Premiums Hit Record On Tight Supply

Singapore Gold Bar Premiums Hit Record On Tight Supply

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SINGAPORE, May 29 (Reuters) – Premiums for physical gold in Singapore touched new highs this week as supplies proved hard to acquire, even as premiums in other Asian countries eased after gold prices bounced off two-year lows seen in April. Dealers in Singapore, a center for bullion trading in Southeast Asia, were quoting up to … Continue Reading arrow

How to Get Free Offshore Gold Storage in Singapore

How to Get Free Offshore Gold Storage in Singapore

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  Reporting from: Singapore The government of Singapore has been busy in recent years. Not content to be the world’s second freest economy, it has set out on a mission to take the world bullion market by storm. Today, this tiny southeast Asian country at the tip of Malaysia holds only a few percent of … Continue Reading arrow

Gold Falls as Stock Markets Hold Firm

Gold Falls as Stock Markets Hold Firm

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Gold falls after gains seen on Monday, last week * Nikkei edges higher in choppy trade * Coming up: U.S. consumer confidence at 1400 GMT (Updates prices) By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE, May 28 (Reuters) - Gold fell on Tuesday as Asian stock markets and the dollar firmed after a turbulent week, undermining the metal's appeal … Continue Reading arrow

Chinese Cross-Border Gold Trade Rules

Chinese Cross-Border Gold Trade Rules

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This post is part of the Chinese Gold Market Essentials series. Click here to go to an overview of all Chinese Gold Market Essentials for a comprehensive understanding of the largest physical gold market globally. This post was updated in late 2017. This article covers how gold can be imported into and exported from China mainland. There are two types … Continue Reading arrow

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