China's largest gold consumers by 2013
LONDON, Jia Xiang-China becomes the world's largest gold market for the first time in 2013, as the annual report released by the World Gold Council (World Gold Council) based in London, Wednesday (19/2/14)
Gold Demand in China with a new request record 1,066 tons, up 32 percent from year to year, as the report "trends in demand for gold" afforded the WGC offered by Xinhuanet.
consumer demand for gold is mostly due to a sharp decline in the price of gold in the second quarter, he added.
globally, the demand in 2013 fell 15 percent to 3, 756.1 tonnes compared to the year 2012, While demand for jewelry has increased the volume of the largest since 1997 to request a full year 2,209 tons, up 17 percent from a year ketahunya
top United States official gold holdings between countries with 8, 133.5 tons, while China ranked 6th with 1,
054.1 tonnes."We are still looking at China in the long term growth path and it will certainly make a major contribution to the gold market this year and more likely still can become the world's largest gold market at the end of this year," said Marcus Grubb, Manager of the World Gold Council Investment.
World Gold Council (World Gold Council) the WGC is the market development organization for the gold industry is based in London, United Kingdom. [Sop]