Go back My Account
Current prices (kg): Gold €111.697 Silver €1.347
    

Russia exported almost all the gold to the United Kingdom

Bijna al het goud dat Rusland vorig jaar exporteerde was bestemd voor het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van de douane waar de Russische website RBC onlangs verslag van deed. Uit deze gegevens blijkt dat het Verenigd Koninkrijk in 2019 voor $5,33 miljard aan goud uit Rusland haalde. Dat is omgerekend 93% van de totale goudexport van het land.

Het Verenigd Koninkrijk importeerde vorig jaar zelfs meer goud dan olie, want vorig jaar haalde het land voor $3,4 miljard aan olieproducten uit Rusland. Daarnaast importeerde ze voor $936 miljoen aan platina en $100 miljoen aan zilver. Vergeleken met een jaar eerder is de goudhandel tussen beide landen meer dan vertienvoudigd. Deze trend hangt samen met de ontwikkelingen op de wereldwijde goudmarkt.

Beleggers stappen in goudfondsen

In 2019 stapten beleggers op grote schaal in goud. Verslechterde vooruitzichten voor de wereldeconomie en de verwachting van een ruimer monetair beleid zorgden voor een vlucht naar edelmetalen. Centrale banken versterkten deze beweging aan door bijna een recordhoeveelheid goud te kopen.

The flight to precious metals meant that large gold funds had to replenish their stocks. Many of these funds hold this stock at the Bank of England, with the result that gold from all over the world is heading to the United Kingdom Flowed. That gold came from other countries that have large reserves, in this case Switzerland and Russia. This trend is now confirmed by the import statistics.

Russia exports gold

In recent years, Russia has been buying up a large part of the domestic gold mine production. Last year, gold purchases fell by less than 160 tonnes remarkably low, because it was about 100 tonnes less than in the previous two years. The difference flowed abroad, as we recently described in This article.

Why Russia suddenly prioritise exports, that is the big question. It is possible that the country wants to prevent the pressure on the physical gold market from becoming too great and Gold price shoots up as a result. Another possibility is that Russia now has enough gold in its reserves and therefore makes more precious metal available for export. Russia now holds 20% of its reserves in physical gold, up from just 3% in 2008.

This contribution was made from Geotrendlines

Want to stay up to date with the latest news?
Receive the latest weekly analysis on the gold market, macroeconomics and the financial system.
Frank Knopers
Frank Knopers
We care about your privacy

You can set your cookie preferences by accepting or rejecting the various cookies described below

Necessary

Necessary cookies help make a website more usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.

Necessary
Preferences

Preference cookies allow a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region you are in.

Statistics

Statistical cookies help website owners understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Marketing

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across different websites. The aim is to display ads that are relevant and appealing to the individual user and therefore more valuable to publishers and third-party advertisers.