| We cannot emphasise more strongly that gold followers should ignore the mainstream media reports, based on Hong Kong gold export figures to mainland China, that Chinese gold demand has plummeted by anything between 30% and 50% this year. As we pointed out in an article last week, Hong Kong is now no longer the principal port of entry for gold into the Chinese mainland.
When it was still so, gold exports into China were extremely high at the beginning of the year, but since then the Hong Kong figures have tailed off as China effectively opened up gold import routes through other entry points – notably Shanghai and Beijing , resulting in the Hong Kong net gold exports falling back month by month from a peak of 111 tonnes in February to a mere 21 tonnes in August. This is thus no longer an indicator of overall Chinese gold demand...............................................Full Article: Source
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