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JEWELRY
FABRICATION DEMAND BY REGION
Excluding the use of scrap
| (in
millions of troy ounces) |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
| Europe |
20.11 |
21.07 |
19.57 |
19.38 |
19.62 |
19.21 |
21.83 |
23.59 |
22.49 |
22.02 |
| North
America |
3.82 |
4.13 |
4.33 |
4.55 |
4.60 |
4.76 |
5.01 |
5.35 |
5.63 |
5.76 |
| Latin
America |
1.65 |
1.87 |
1.97 |
2.49 |
2.11 |
2.39 |
2.80 |
2.98 |
2.91 |
3.05 |
| Middle
East |
8.54 |
10.10 |
8.92 |
4.76 |
8.54 |
10.10 |
17.28 |
15.30 |
12.74 |
14.86 |
| Indian
Sub-Continent |
6.04 |
8.16 |
6.79 |
9.68 |
11.31 |
12.31 |
20.21 |
21.91 |
21.34 |
20.78 |
| East
Asia |
17.81 |
22.05 |
18.68
|
19.11 |
19.09 |
18.22 |
17.16 |
9.35 |
14.00 |
13.42 |
| Africa |
1.22 |
1.19 |
0.78 |
0.81 |
0.91 |
0.95 |
1.05 |
0.95 |
0.90 |
0.91 |
| Australia |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.15 |
0.19 |
0.16 |
0.15 |
0.16 |
0.16 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
| China |
4.12 |
6.21 |
5.47 |
6.24 |
6.08 |
5.53 |
6.69 |
4.82 |
4.40 |
4.43 |
| Soviet
Union/CIS |
1.06 |
0.75 |
0.61 |
0.48 |
0.47 |
0.61 |
0.71 |
0.68 |
0.66 |
0.86 |
| World
Total |
64.47 |
75.60 |
67.27 |
67.68 |
72.90 |
74.25 |
92.89 |
85.10 |
85.24 |
86.17 |
| SOURCE:
GOLD FIELDS MINERAL SERVICES LTD., GOLD SURVEY 2001,
(LONDON) APRIL 2001. |
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