Quarterly Hallmarking Figures / April - June 2007
The long term downward trend in hallmarking volumes finally halted in the Quarter ending June 2007, with overall numbers showing a healthy increase of 8.3% on the same period in 2006. Most of the upturn came from silver where there was a significant increase in articles hallmarked during the second quarter -1,957,015 - up 26.97% on the same period in 2006.This increase is partly due to a major new product launch in June.
The number of gold articles hallmarked across all four UK Assay Offices in the second quarter was 3,224,766, down 0.63% on the same period last year. The volume market of 9ct gold is down by 2.77% whereas 18ct continued to grow, up 5.02% on last year. Platinum articles hallmarked in the quarter totalled 90,649, an increase 10.35% on last year."
The individual figures are as follows:
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