Hallmarking falls 11.5% in September
The total number of hallmarked items fell 11.5% in September, a decrease of 115,994 pieces when compared with the same month last year.
The figure – from all four UK assay offices and compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office – found the total number of hallmarked items in September stood at 891,891, compared with 1,007,885 in September last year.
The number of hallmarked gold articles fell 10.9% from 521,456 pieces last year to 464,730, with the number of 9-carat articles falling from 521,456 in September 2015 to 464,730 – a decrease of 10.9%.
Silver and platinum both recorded falls of 11.1% and 33.1%, respectively, while palladium also recorded a 9.4% decrease in the number of hallmarked items.
Overall, hallmarking in the third quarter of the year fell 5.5% from 2,484,017 in Q3 2015 to 2,347,869 in the same period this year.
Hallmarking results for September:
Month | Month | Variance | % | ||||
Sep-15 | Sep-16 | ||||||
999 | Gold | 23 | 4 | -19 | -82.6 | ||
990 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | |||
916 | 49,620 | 37,840 | -11,780 | -23.7 | |||
750 | 84,128 | 83,658 | -470 | -0.6 | |||
585 | 11,520 | 9,232 | -2,288 | -19.9 | |||
375 | 376,165 | 333,995 | -42,170 | -11.2 | |||
521,456 | 464,730 | -56,726 | -10.9 | ||||
999 | Silver | 945 | 1,615 | 670 | 70.9 | ||
958 | 1,062 | 619 | -443 | -41.7 | |||
925 | 453,343 | 402,453 | -50,890 | -11.2 | |||
800 | 37 | 41 | 4 | 10.8 | |||
455,387 | 404,728 | -50,659 | -11.1 | ||||
999 | Platinum | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | ||
950 | 23,995 | 16,078 | -7,917 | -33.0 | |||
900 | 43 | 9 | -34 | -79.1 | |||
850 | 10 | 6 | -4 | -40.0 | |||
24,048 | 16,095 | -7,953 | -33.1 | ||||
999 | Palladium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
950 | 5,372 | 5,332 | -40 | -0.7 | |||
500 | 1,622 | 1,006 | -616 | -38.0 | |||
6,994 | 6,338 | -656 | -9.4 | ||||
TOTALS | 1,007,885 | 891,891 | -115,994 | -11.5 | |||
Hallmarking results for Q3:
Quarter | Quarter | Variance | % | ||||
Sep-15 | Sep-16 | ||||||
999 | Gold | 63 | 205 | 142 | 225.4 | ||
990 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 4900.0 | |||
916 | 135,254 | 111,479 | -23,775 | -17.6 | |||
750 | 221,424 | 218,808 | -2,616 | -1.2 | |||
585 | 23,461 | 25,151 | 1,690 | 7.2 | |||
375 | 847,416 | 837,652 | -9,764 | -1.2 | |||
1,227,618 | 1,193,344 | -34,274 | -2.8 | ||||
999 | Silver | 5,359 | 7,207 | 1,848 | 34.5 | ||
958 | 2,939 | 3,222 | 283 | 9.6 | |||
925 | 1,151,712 | 1,052,515 | -99,197 | -8.6 | |||
800 | 4,791 | 316 | -4,475 | -93.4 | |||
1,164,801 | 1,063,260 | -101,541 | -8.7 | ||||
999 | Platinum | 12 | 14 | 2 | 16.7 | ||
950 | 68,233 | 65,853 | -2,380 | -3.5 | |||
900 | 52 | 51 | -1 | -1.9 | |||
850 | 88 | 33 | -55 | -62.5 | |||
68,385 | 65,951 | -2,434 | -3.6 | ||||
999 | Palladium | 2 | 1 | -1 | 100.0 | ||
950 | 18,966 | 21,918 | 2,952 | 15.6 | |||
500 | 4,245 | 3,395 | -850 | -20.0 | |||
23,213 | 25,314 | 2,101 | 9.1 | ||||
TOTALS | 2,484,017 | 2,347,869 | -136,148 | -5.5 | |||