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India’s gold imports at zero

India’s gold imports at zero

MUMBAI – India, long famed as the world’s largest gold buyer, has stopped importing the precious metal as people sell their scrap jewellery and coins to exploit high world bullion prices, dealers said Friday.

Dealers said there were no gold imports in February or March.Even in January – the middle of the gift-giving wedding season – India imported just 1,8 million tons, down nearly 90 per cent from a level of 14 tons a year earlier, industry data showed.’There were no imports in February and March,’ Suresh Hundia, president of the Bombay Bullion Association told AFP on Friday.Experts say this is the first time in more than a decade that India has not imported gold.Jewellers have reported all kinds of people – from lower class, middle class to even the wealthy – selling gold bangles and necklaces to exploit a differential in the world spot price and the Indian price, which is higher.Globally, flows of gold scrap are believed to have sharply exceeded the amount of newly mined gold, analysts say.However, India could soon be importing gold again if world prices fall further, said Hundia, noting the differential between the domestic and world price had narrowed sharply.Hong Kong gold prices closed lower at 908-909 US dollars an ounce on Friday, down from the previous day’s close of 922-923 dollars, on speculation that the global financial crisis could be nearing an end.Prices of gold have risen on the back of the slowdown as investors have sought the precious metal as a safe haven amid market volatility.-Nampa-AFP

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