JUNE 2013 - FEAS
JUNE 2013 - FEAS
JUNE 2013 - FEAS
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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES ANNUAL REPORT <strong>JUNE</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
ISTANBUL GOLD EXCHANGE<br />
Osman Sarac<br />
Chairman<br />
Istanbul Gold Exchange targets to stimulate<br />
local business and international attention with<br />
all other globally competitive enterprises which<br />
will provide Turkey to be a central hub for the<br />
gold business, due to its strategic position, as<br />
it lies in the heart of a major gold trade area,<br />
exposed to Middle East, Europe and Gulf<br />
States.<br />
For the integration of the Exchange to the<br />
international markets, there have been<br />
important steps since 2007. In March 2008 we<br />
have been an associate member to London<br />
Bullion Market Association, by May 2008 we<br />
have joined World Federation of Diamond<br />
Bourses, by February 2010, we are honored<br />
to be part of a large family with distinguished<br />
members, <strong>FEAS</strong> as an affiliate member. The<br />
Exchange became a member of the Kimberley<br />
Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), in<br />
August 2007, which aims to curb the flow<br />
of conflict diamonds, with 49 participants<br />
worldwide.<br />
The Turkish gold jewelry market has undergone<br />
a major revival since the early 1990s with the<br />
traditional and long-standing historical affinity<br />
for gold jewelry adjusted for modern tastes.<br />
Turkey is now the world’s fourth largest market<br />
for gold jewelry, third largest manufacturing<br />
centre and second biggest exporter.<br />
Istanbul Gold Exchange targets to<br />
stimulate local business and international<br />
attention with all other globally competitive<br />
enterprises which will provide Turkey to be<br />
a central hub for the gold business.<br />
The annual gold export from Turkey reached<br />
record levels in 2012. Due to the information<br />
received from Turkish Statistical Institute, it<br />
has reached US $ 16,3 billion, part of gold<br />
bars and other way of direct jewelry export to<br />
retailers, wholesalers abroad and sales to the<br />
tourists visiting Turkey last year. Due to Turkish<br />
Exporters Assembly, direct jewellery export<br />
reached to US $ 2,1 billion with a rise of 42%<br />
y-o-y. The rest of the export figures represents<br />
flow of gold bars from Turkey to other countries<br />
with an amount of US $ 14,2 billion with a rise of<br />
528% y-o-y (In 2011 bullion export figures was<br />
US $ 2,26 billion).<br />
As a first spot trading gold exchange in the<br />
world. IGE was founded with the principle<br />
semi-electronic system trading floor. By 2009.<br />
a new screen-based fully electronic trading<br />
system has been launched with remote<br />
access in order to provide investors 24 hours<br />
trading. By August 2012, 24 hours internet<br />
based electronic system was introduced to the<br />
markets.<br />
Central Bank Statutory Reserves<br />
The Central Bank of Turkey, has announced a<br />
legislation for the statutory reserves for gold.<br />
Year Gold Silver<br />
Import (ton) Transaction (ton) Import (ton) Transaction (ton)<br />
2002 128,9 143,06 139,1 216,73<br />
2003 213,64 237,37 155,5 272,23<br />
2004 250,93 280,81 209,5 318<br />
2005 269,48 328,75 207,9 362,82<br />
2006 192,72 247,48 107,4 277,41<br />
2007 230,79 328,38 93,37 320,88<br />
2008 165,9 337,03 73,6 151,71<br />
2009 37,59 226,63 5,59 382,67<br />
2010 42,49 115,19 19,69 388,67<br />
2011 79,97 227,05 41,8 408,08<br />
2012 120,78 312,1 142,2 437,2<br />
Gold Figures<br />
The annual gold import of Turkey in 2012 was<br />
estimated at US $ 8,2 billion due to Turkish<br />
Statistical Institute, partially from gold bars and<br />
other way of direct jewelry import to retailers.<br />
Istanbul Gold Exchange members have realized<br />
as 120,8 tons of import with the amount of US<br />
$ 6,1 billion in the Exchange with a rise of 41,1<br />
tons from 2011 which represented a rise of 51%<br />
y-o-y. The gold trading volume reached 312,1<br />
tons with the amount of US $ 15,9 billion by<br />
2012 with a rise of 85,1 tons from 2011 which<br />
represented a rise of 37% y-o-y.<br />
The annual silver import of Turkey in 2012<br />
through Istanbul Gold Exchange members<br />
was 142,2 tons with the amount of US $ 141,7<br />
million with a rise of 100,1 tons from 2011 which<br />
represented a rise of 237% y-o-y. The silver<br />
trading volume reached 437,2 tons with the<br />
amount of US $ 435 million by 2012, with a rise<br />
29,1 tons from 2011 which represented a rise<br />
of 7% y-o-y.<br />
By the increase of gold prices since 2007<br />
huge amount of gold came to the market as<br />
scrap and Turkey turned to be an exporter of<br />
gold in the market. The supply of scrap gold<br />
to the market continued in 2012 and an annual<br />
amount of 80-90 tons of gold was supplied to<br />
the market.<br />
In 2012 the gold demand by consumers<br />
through banking system saw high increases.<br />
By the recent years there is a raise of individual<br />
and corporate demand in gold and silver as<br />
investment and mutual funds and gold deposits<br />
tool in banking system as well as jewelry sector.<br />
Istanbul Gold Exchange is having a role of<br />
safeguard for gold funds and gold ETF which<br />
is listed in ISE. At the end of 2010 there were<br />
around 6.000 kilos of gold kept in the Exchange<br />
on the name of the 24 funds. At the end of<br />
2011 the number of funds and the amount of<br />
gold kept in the Exchange vault rose also. By<br />
end of 2012, 10.637 kg of gold belonging to<br />
2 Gold ETF, 47 Mutual funds were kept in the<br />
Exchange Vault.<br />
Due to the legislation banks have to present<br />
some percentage of their gold deposits (9-<br />
11%) to Central bank accounts and optionally<br />
they may hold some percentage of their TL<br />
or forex deposits statutory reserves in gold.<br />
By November 2012, there is about US $ 9,1<br />
billion gold deposits in banking system which<br />
represents around 180 tons of gold. The total<br />
gold held by Central Bank as gold and other<br />
assets’ statutory reserves is totaled around 240<br />
tons which is mostly kept in Bank of England.<br />
By December 2012, Central Bank, statutory<br />
reserves of the banks started on schedule to<br />
be kept in IGE under the account of TR Central<br />
Bank. By December 2012, 547,56 kg of gold<br />
has been kept under the account of Central<br />
Bank in IGE vault.<br />
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