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HMRC reports UK precious metals imports at £12.4bn in July 2026, Switzerland up 33%
HM Revenue & Customs published the UK overseas trade in goods statistics for July 2026 on 11 September 2026, recording Precious metals as the UK’s largest import chapter at £12,437 million, or 18% of total goods imports. The chapter rose…
Hong Kong Customs opens Cap. 615 case over unregistered dealing above HK$120,000
Hong Kong Customs, in a press release dated 9 September 2026, reported detecting a local company the previous day that had conducted transactions in jewellery containing precious metals and stones valued above HK$120,000 without registration under the Dealers in Precious…
U.S. Treasury gold report holds Fort Knox at 147,341,858 ounces, unchanged in a year
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service records 147,341,858.382 fine troy ounces of gold in deep storage at Fort Knox for 31 July 2026 in the U.S. Treasury-Owned Gold dataset, the figure it also carries for June 2026 and for July…
EU Council bans gold originating in Sudan under Regulation 2026/1724
The Council of the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) 2026/1724 on 13 July 2026, amending Regulation (EU) 2023/2147, the Sudan restrictive-measures regime in force since 9 October 2023. It was published in the Official Journal on 14 July 2026 and…
World Gold Council puts gold ETF holdings at 4,189 tonnes, up 121 in August
The World Gold Council reported global physically backed gold ETF holdings for August 2026 at 4,189 tonnes, a rise of 121 tonnes on the month. Assets under management stood at $615 billion, with net inflows of $18 billion. Physically backed…
CME Clearing records 173,027 COMEX gold delivery notices through August
CME Clearing’s year-to-date delivery notices report for metals (DLV665-T), run on 8 September 2026, sets out COMEX 100 Gold futures notices month by month, and the January-to-August columns add to 173,027, with a further 2,717 standing against September business dates…
MAS confirms 5% precious metals cap removal applies regardless of storage location
The Monetary Authority of Singapore stated in a written reply to a parliamentary question on 8 September 2026 that the removal of the 5% cap on physical investment precious metals applies to qualifying metal wherever it is held. Before 1…
Westgold sets a three-year plan for gold output of 460,000–510,000 oz by FY2029
Westgold set out FY2027 guidance and a three-year production plan on 9 September 2026, stating gold production of 385,000–425,000 ounces in FY2027 and 460,000–510,000 ounces in FY2029. Westgold attributes the increase to expanded processing capacity and continued development of its…
Hong Kong’s FSTB and the Central Bank of Uzbekistan exchange a gold MOU on HKPMCC
The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, and the Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan (CBU), Abror Mirzo Olimov, exchanged a memorandum of understanding on gold market co-operation at the Belt and Road Summit on…