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Hallmarking figures drop 9.3% in June
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Hallmarking fell by an average of 9.3% in June 2018 compared with the same period the previous year, according to the latest figures from the four UK assay offices and compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office.
The average volume of all precious metals apart from platinum fell this month, with hallmarked platinum items increasing by 5.3% to 76,925 compared with 73,034 the previous year. Palladium decreased by 22.4% to 5,483.
Gold and silver both dropped by a marked 1.6% to 88,449 and 16% to 955,331 respectively. Overall the volumes decreased from 2,132,351 in June 2017 to 1,934,742 in June 2018.
| Month Jun -17 | Month Jun -18 | Variance | % | |
| Gold | ||||
| 999 | 125 | 134 | 9 | 7.2 |
| 990 | 2 | 79 | 77 | 2850 |
| 916 | 113,897 | 108,208 | -5,689 | -5 |
| 750 | 184,461 | 196,118 | 11,657 | 6.3 |
| 585 | 28,150 | 38,233 | 10,083 | 35.8 |
| 375 | 571,353 | 540,677 | -30,676 | -5.4 |
| 897,988 | 88,449 | -13,539 | -1.6 | |
| Silver | ||||
| 999 | 5,339 | 4,377 | -962 | -18 |
| 958 | 3,409 | 2,444 | -965 | -28.3 |
| 925 | 1,127,865 | 948,367 | -179,498 | -15.9 |
| 800 | 196 | 143 | -53 | -27 |
| 11,136,809 | 955,331 | -181,478 | -16 | |
| Platinum | ||||
| 999 | 16 | 9 | -7 | -43.8 |
| 950 | 72,963 | 76,804 | 3,841 | 5.3 |
| 900 | 41 | 65 | 24 | 58.5 |
| 850 | 14 | 47 | 33 | 235.7 |
| 73,034 | 76,925 | 3,891 | 5.3 | |
| Palladium | ||||
| 999 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 950 | 19,898 | 15,737 | -4-161 | -20.9 |
| 500 | 4,622 | 3,295 | -1,327 | -28.7 |
| 24,520 | 19,037 | -5,483 | -22.4 | |
| Totals | 2,132,351 | 1,934,742 | -197,609 | -9.3 |
