The Electronic Guide to Assaying Statistics
in the UK - Jan - Mar 2005

The Data provided on this page is from The Assay Offices of Great Britain and
The Birmingham Assay Office provided TEG with the Data and the Commentary.

GOLD SILVER PLATINUM Slowdown hits Hallmarking

Gold, silver and platinum all show falls in first quarter of 2005

Jewellery sales in the U.K. have dropped in the first quarter of 2005 as the consumer slowdown begins to bite. This is obvious in many other sectors too. Same store sales at two of the leading U.K. chains, owned by Signet Group fell by between 4 per cent and 6 per cent in the last 9 weeks up to the end of March. Figures released by the 4 Assay Offices of Great Britain show that gold decreased by 11 per cent to just over 4 million articles. Silver decreased by 22 per cent to 1,810,705 articles. Platinum was down 5.2 per cent at 82,230 articles.

Number of articles - Gold
375 585 750 916 990 999 TOTAL
9 carat 14 carat 18 carat 22 carat      
3,345,379 52,271 434,064 177,365 0 352 4,009,431
-11.6% 18.5% -10.0% -9.0% -100.0% 131.6% -11.0%
Percentage figures show an increase or decrease (-) compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
Weight of articles - Gold (Grams)
375 585 750 916 990 999 TOTAL
9 carat 14 carat 18 carat 22 carat      
13,483,124 200,931 2,568,163 1,580,458 0 5,320 17,837,996
-20.2% -0.1% 2.5% -5.8% -100.00% 16.41% -16.2%
Percentage figures show an increase or decrease (-) compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
Number of articles - Silver
800 925 958 999 TOTAL
  Sterling Britannia    
619 1,805,078 3,435 1,573 1,810,705
-45.2% -22.1% 77.2% 59.7% -22.0%
Percentage figures show an increase or decrease (-) compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
Weight of articles - Silver (Kilograms)
800 925 958 999 TOTAL
  Sterling Britannia    
8 33,479 146 106 33,739
-57.8% -21.9% -31.7% 39.2% -21.9%
Percentage figures show an increase or decrease (-) compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
Number of articles - Platinum
850 900 950 999 TOTAL
397 162 81,582 89 82,230
5571.4% 116.0% -5.9% 122.5% -5.2%
Percentage figures show an increase or decrease (-) compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
Weight of articles - Platinum (Grams)
850 900 950 999 TOTAL
9,157 1,102 708,549 572 719,380
5223.8% 201.1% 6.1% 63.4% 7.6%
Percentage figures show an increase or decrease (-) compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

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