The Gold Gazette » gold supply http://www.gold-gazette.com News for the Gold Investor Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:16:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Gold Demand and Supply 2002-2007 http://www.gold-gazette.com/2009/01/gold-demand-supply/ http://www.gold-gazette.com/2009/01/gold-demand-supply/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:05:55 +0000 Brian Blackstone http://gold-gazette.com/?p=98

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Mine production 2,618 2,621 2,493 2,548 2,486 2,476
Official sector sales 547 620 479 663 370 481
Old gold scrap 872 985 878 897 1,126 956
Net producer hedging -412 -289 -438 -92 -410 -446
Total reported supply 3,625 3,937 3,412 4,016 3,572 3,467
Gold fabrication in carat jewellery 2,660 2,482 2,613 2,708 2,284 2,401
Gold fabrication in electronics 206 233 262 281 308 311
Gold fabrication in other industrial 83 81 84 88 91 92
           
Gold fabrication in dentistry 69 67 68 62 61 58
Retail investment 339 292 339 386 401 402
Investment in Exchange Traded Funds 3 39 133 208 260 251
           
Total identifiable demand 3,359 3,194 3,498 3,733 3,405 3,515
Supply less demand 265 743 -86 283 167 -48

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Total Gold Supply for 2007

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