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To: carranza2 who wrote (101734)7/5/2013 8:27:37 AM
From: TobagoJack  Read Replies (1) of 219655
 
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Subject: A summary of Gold Export and Re-export to China from Hong Kong - May 2013, the net imports for May was 106 tons

Dear All,

China imported 126.9 tons gold in May 2013 through HK, 1.2tons more than last month. However Hong Kong imported only 20.9tons gold from China. As a result, the China net imports were 106 tons for May.

May 2013 Y-T-May 13 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Gold Export to China from HK 9.2t 99.8t 226.2t 100t 21t 13t 35t 16t 22t
Gold Re-export to China from HK 117.7t 524.8t 606.0t 328t 98t 31t 55t 23t 15t

Total 126.9t 624.6t 832.2t 428t 119t 44t 90t 39t 37t

statistics.gov.hk
For quick reference, pls refer to pages 64 & 474 under cat. 97101 for the quantity of export and re-export of Gold to China from Hong Kong.

On the other hand, Hong Kong imported 232.3 tons gold & gold coins from China this year, this means China net imports were 392.3tons ( 624.6t - 232.3t ).
The historical gold & gold coins( cat. 97101 & 98002 ) imports from China to HK were :
2013 till May 232.3 tons
2012 309.4 tons
2011 95.3 tons
2010 29.1 tons
2009 14.5 tons
2008 15.2 tons
2007 5.5 tons
2006 10.0 tons

statistics.gov.hk on page 313.

Y-T-May, Hong Kong imported 273.9 tons gold from Switzerland, 62.2 tons gold from South Africa, 26.5 tons gold from Australia, 62.7 tons gold from USA and a huge % increase from UK to 41.5t ( a surge of 32.3tons in May alone ).

Regards,
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