The variety of gold and silver items hallmarked in December 2019 decreased by 7.1% and 12.7% respectively, in accordance with figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office.
Gold hallmarked items decreased from 312,281 to 290,186 and silver gadgets decreased from 373,756 to 326,442 through the month.
Moreover, palladium decreased by 37.7% to 917 gadgets hallmarked through the interval. Platinum hallmarking elevated by 2.6% to 20,980.
Total hallmarking in December decreased by 9.8% from 707,965 to 638,525 items.
The assay workplaces additionally launched hallmarking information for everything of 2019, which noticed a 4.1% lower in hallmarked items from 9,114,402 in 2018 to eight,736,614 in 2019 – 377,788 much less articles.
Silver hallmarked items decreased by 5% in 2019 to 4,407,949, in contrast with 4,640,569 in 2018, and palladium hallmarked gadgets fell by 47.8% to 32,705, in contrast with 62,667 final yr.
Gold hallmarked articles decreased by 13,9083 to three,974,560, in contrast with 4,113,643 in 2018. Platinum was the one optimistic outcomes for the yr, which noticed a 1.9% to 32,1400 gadgets hallmarked.
| Month Dec -18 | Month Dec -19 | Variance | % | |
| Gold | ||||
| 999 | 66 | 173 | 107 | 162.1 |
| 990 | 7 | 0 | -7 | -100 |
| 916 | 22,053 | 25,372 | 3,319 | 15.1 |
| 750 | 63,201 | 61,086 | -2,115 | -3.3 |
| 585 | 11,980 | 11,164 | -816 | -6.8 |
| 375 | 214,974 | 192,391 | -22,583 | -10.5 |
| 312,281 | 290,186 | -22,095 | -7.1 | |
| Silver | ||||
| 999 | 539 | 814 | 275 | 51 |
| 958 | 632 | 61,607 | 60,975 | 9647.9 |
| 925 | 372,580 | 263,896 | -108,684 | -29.2 |
| 800 | 5 | 125 | 120 | 2400 |
| 373,756 | 326,442 | -47,314 | -12.7 | |
| Platinum | ||||
| 999 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100 |
| 950 | 20,412 | 20,959 | 547 | 2.7 |
| 900 | 37 | 9 | -28 | -75.7 |
| 850 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 100 |
| 20,445 | 20,980 | 525 | 2.6 | |
| Palladium | ||||
| 999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 950 | 1,203 | 580 | -623 | -51.8 |
| 500 | 270 | 337 | 67 | 24.8 |
| 1,473 | 917 | -556 | -37.7 | |
| Totals | 707,965 | 638,525 | -69,440 | -9.8 |
| 2018 | 2019 | Variance | % | |
| Gold | ||||
| 999 | 710 | 1,656 | 946 | 133.2 |
| 990 | 129 | 250 | 121 | 93.8 |
| 916 | 421,175 | 370,471 | -50,704 | -12 |
| 750 | 828,999 | 842,540 | 13,541 | 1.6 |
| 585 | 163,777 | 181,757 | 17,980 | 11 |
| 375 | 2,698,853 | 2,577,886 | -120,967 | -4.5 |
| 4,113,643 | 3,974,560 | -139,083 | -3.4 | |
| Silver | ||||
| 999 | 19,905 | 16,851 | -3,054 | -15.3 |
| 958 | 11,774 | 78,291 | 66,517 | 564.9 |
| 925 | 4,608,202 | 4,312,462 | -295,740 | -6.4 |
| 800 | 688 | 345 | -343 | -49.9 |
| 4,640,569 | 4,407,949 | -232,620 | -5 | |
| Platinum | ||||
| 999 | 62 | 161 | 99 | 159.7 |
| 950 | 296,976 | 320,480 | 23,504 | 7.9 |
| 900 | 322 | 450 | 128 | 39.8 |
| 850 | 163 | 309 | 146 | 89.6 |
| 297,523 | 321,400 | 23,877 | 8 | |
| Palladium | ||||
| 999 | 8 | 365 | 357 | 4462.5 |
| 950 | 51,852 | 22,613 | -29,239 | -56.4 |
| 500 | 10,807 | 9,727 | -1,080 | -10 |
| 62,667 | 32,705 | -29,962 | -47.8 | |
| Totals | 9,114,402 | 8,736,614 | -377,788 | -4.1 |
