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GOLD
DEMAND IN KEY MARKETS WORLDWIDE
(in thousands of troy ounces)
| (in
millions of troy ounces) |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| India |
8.36 |
14.61 |
13.03 |
13.34 |
15.34 |
16.30 |
23.69 |
26.20 |
26.97 |
27.50 |
| Pakistan |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
1.39 |
1.73 |
2.63 |
3.16 |
3.92 |
3.83 |
| Greater
China* |
12.11 |
16.00 |
13.50 |
13.95 |
13.74 |
12.04 |
13.08 |
10.11 |
11.04 |
10.59 |
| Japan |
7.75 |
6.53 |
7.57 |
7.35 |
8.75 |
4.89 |
3.44 |
3.55 |
3.92 |
3.15 |
| South
Korea |
1.80 |
2.36 |
2.89 |
3.41 |
3.89 |
4.03 |
3.68 |
-5.22 |
3.81 |
3.87 |
| Southeast
Asia |
7.38 |
7.48 |
8.06 |
9.80 |
10.44 |
10.60 |
6.56 |
1.66 |
8.54 |
8.59 |
| Saudi
Arabia |
5.50 |
7.23 |
6.43 |
5.59 |
6.21 |
5.94 |
6.40 |
6.70 |
6.41 |
7.11 |
| Gulf
States |
N/A |
3.26 |
2.65 |
2.83 |
3.36 |
3.79 |
4.57 |
4.64 |
4.65 |
5.07 |
| Egypt |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
2.15 |
2.43 |
3.14 |
3.36 |
4.01 |
3.85 |
| Turkey |
3.60 |
4.12 |
5.14 |
2.60 |
4.48 |
4.92 |
6.49 |
5.53 |
4.47 |
6.66 |
| USA |
8.50 |
9.08 |
9.84 |
9.66 |
10.12 |
10.66 |
11.64 |
13.77 |
14.78 |
12.46 |
| Brazil |
1.13 |
1.32 |
1.67 |
1.61 |
1.74 |
1.90 |
1.86 |
2.06 |
1.83 |
1.93 |
| Mexico |
0.96 |
1.06 |
1.35 |
1.51 |
1.00 |
1.32 |
1.58 |
1.77 |
2.24 |
2.58 |
| Italy |
4.42 |
4.26 |
3.63 |
3.73 |
3.54 |
3.39 |
3.56 |
3.61 |
3.04 |
2.50 |
| France |
1.30 |
1.35 |
1.57 |
1.43 |
1.62 |
1.53 |
1.59 |
1.91 |
1.98 |
1.82 |
| Germany |
2.62 |
3.29 |
2.79 |
1.99 |
1.83 |
1.74 |
1.68 |
1.68 |
1.66 |
1.62 |
| UK |
1.29 |
1.11 |
1.06 |
1.32 |
1.49 |
1.51 |
1.89 |
2.15 |
2.07 |
2.09 |
| *Greater
China includes China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. |
| SOURCE:
WORLD GOLD COUNCIL, GOLD DEMAND TRENDS,FEBRUARY 1996,
FEBRUARY 1998, AND FEBRUARY 2001. |
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