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Table 3 :
Gold Demand Trends in |
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Q1 – 2007 |
Q1 - 2006 |
2006 |
2005 |
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Country |
Jewellery |
Net retail |
Total |
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Total |
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Jewellery |
Net retail |
Total |
|
Jewellery |
Net retail |
Total |
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|
Investment |
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Investment |
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Investment |
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|
|
147.0 |
64.0 |
211.0 |
(30.9) |
140.7 |
(24.5) |
521.5 |
194.0 |
715.5 |
(26.8) |
587.1 |
134.5 |
721.6 |
(23.3) |
|
|
81.6 |
8.0 |
89.6 |
(13.1) |
68.4 |
(11.9) |
244.7 |
14.9 |
259.6 |
(9.7) |
241.4 |
11.7 |
253.1 |
(8.2) |
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Hongkong |
3.6 |
0.3 |
3.9 |
(0.6) |
3 |
(0.5) |
13.1 |
0.4 |
13.5 |
(0.5) |
14 |
0.6 |
14.6 |
(0.5) |
|
|
3.8 |
1.0 |
4.8 |
(0.7) |
5.4 |
(0.9) |
17.2 |
4.0 |
21.2 |
(0.8) |
22.4 |
2.5 |
24.9 |
(0.8) |
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|
8.2 |
-15.0 |
-6.8 |
-(1.0) |
-0.8 |
-(0.1) |
32.8 |
-45.7 |
-12.9 |
-(0.5) |
34 |
40.0 |
74.0 |
(2.4) |
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|
15.6 |
0.2 |
15.8 |
(2.3) |
14.4 |
(2.5) |
57.7 |
-1.0 |
56.7 |
(2.1) |
78 |
3.0 |
81.0 |
(2.6) |
|
|
6.5 |
16.0 |
22.5 |
(3.3) |
10.7 |
(1.9) |
22.1 |
61.5 |
83.6 |
(3.1) |
26.9 |
34.0 |
60.9 |
(2.0) |
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|
77.4 |
4.3 |
81.7 |
(12.0) |
75.9 |
(13.2) |
296.2 |
19.3 |
315.5 |
(11.8) |
365.2 |
22.6 |
387.8 |
(12.5) |
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|
24.3 |
1.7 |
26.0 |
(3.8) |
24.3 |
(4.2) |
104.3 |
8.0 |
112.3 |
(4.2) |
146.2 |
7.3 |
153.5 |
(5.0) |
|
|
15.5 |
0.2 |
15.7 |
(2.3) |
13.6 |
(2.4) |
60.0 |
0.6 |
60.6 |
(2.3) |
75.3 |
0.9 |
76.2 |
(2.5) |
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UAE |
27.8 |
1.9 |
29.7 |
(4.3) |
28.1 |
(4.9) |
92.4 |
8.2 |
100.6 |
(3.8) |
96.4 |
10.0 |
106.4 |
(3.4) |
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Others |
9.9 |
0.6 |
10.5 |
(1.5) |
10 |
(1.7) |
39.6 |
2.6 |
42.2 |
(1.6) |
47.3 |
4.4 |
51.7 |
(1.7) |
|
|
32.8 |
16.3 |
49.1 |
(7.2) |
49.6 |
(8.6) |
166.3 |
59.9 |
226.2 |
(8.5) |
194.9 |
53.5 |
248.4 |
(8.0) |
|
|
54.2 |
6.3 |
60.5 |
(8.9) |
66.1 |
(11.5) |
306.1 |
35.0 |
341.1 |
(12.8) |
349 |
28.3 |
377.3 |
(12.2) |
|
|
9.3 |
0.0 |
9.3 |
(1.4) |
10 |
(1.7) |
64.8 |
0.0 |
64.8 |
(2.4) |
71 |
0.0 |
71.0 |
(2.3) |
|
|
7.8 |
0.0 |
7.8 |
(1.1) |
7.7 |
(1.3) |
52.5 |
0.0 |
52.5 |
(2.0) |
59.4 |
0.0 |
59.4 |
(1.9) |
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|
0.0 |
-3.0 |
-3.0 |
-(0.4) |
-3.4 |
-(0.6) |
0.0 |
-12.9 |
-12.9 |
-(0.5) |
0 |
-13.9 |
-13.9 |
-(0.4) |
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Total |
447.8 |
98.4 |
546.2 |
(79.9) |
447.8 |
(78.0) |
1794.0 |
329.2 |
2123.2 |
(79.6) |
2043.1 |
316.8 |
2359.9 |
(76.3) |
|
Others |
125.0 |
12.3 |
137.3 |
(20.1) |
126.4 |
(22.0) |
485.3 |
60.3 |
545.6 |
(20.4) |
661 |
71.0 |
732.0 |
(23.7) |
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World |
572.8 |
110.7 |
683.5 |
(100.0) |
574.2 |
(100.0) |
2279.3 |
389.5 |
2668.8 |
(100.0) |
2704.1 |
387.8 |
3091.9 |
(100.0) |
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Note: Figures in brackets are percentages to total world demand Source: World Gold Council and GFMS Ltd.
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