Russian Central Bank Gold Reserves Rise to 1,857 Tons in January, Passing People’s Bank of China’s 1,843 Ton Gold Hoard.
Russian gold reserves are now the fifth largest in the world.
Russia added 600,000 ounce of gold (18.66 tons) to reserves in January.
Russia added a record 224 tons of gold to reserves in 2017.
Since June 2015, the Central Bank of Russia has added over 576 tons of gold to reserves.
Overall Russian reserves rose from $432.742 billion in December to $447.735 in January.
Russian holdings of U.S. Treasuries top $100 billion for ninth in a row.
Gold reserves worth $80.4 billion constitute 17.95% of overall Russian reserves.
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Russian Gold Reserves
After adding 6,700,000 ounces (208 tonnes) of gold to her reserves in 2015, the Russian Central Bank added 6,400,000 ounces (199 tonnes) in 2016 and another 224 tons (7,202,000 ounces) in 2017.
The Central Bank of Russia ended 2016 with 1838.21 tonnes of gold on their balance sheet.
Central Bank of Russia added 7.2 Million ounces (approximately 223.945 tonnes) in 2017.
The chart below shows the Central Bank of Russia’s Gold Reserves by month with tonnage rounded to the nearest metric ton.
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Since 2009, Russia has added over 1,100 tons of gold to its reserves more than China who added about 775 tons during the same time period.
Russian Monthly Gold Purchases June 2014 – January 2018
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Russia Adding Gold To Reserves At A Faster Pace Than China
From March 2016 to May 2017 China added 45 tonnes of gold to its reserves, while Russia added 246 tonnes, or 447% more.
The People’s Bank of China’s gold reserves as of September 2017 are at the same level as of October 2016. The Central Bank of Russia added 7.6 million ounces (236.39 tons) of gold from October 2016 to September 2017.
Roubles For Gold
Increasingly, Russia has been buying up more of their gold mining production, in effect converting roubles into gold.
The Russian Central Bank announced earlier this month that it would begin buying gold on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
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Overall Russian Reserves
The reserves of the Central Bank of Russian have grown over $76 billion or about 21% since January 2016.
Gold represented about $80.37 billion of Russia’s overall reserves at the end of January 2018, or about 18%.
Russian U.S. Treasury Holdings
Russia’s U.S. Treasury Bond Holdings 2014 – 2017
The Russian Central Bank has increased its US Treasury reserve holdings selling off a good portion of them in the summer of 2015.
As of December 2017, Russia held $102.2 billion in U.S. Treasury Bonds down from $131.8 billion in January 2014 but up from $66.5 billion in April 2015.
Further reading on Russia’s gold production:
Russia’s VTB bank to supply 15-20 T of gold to China in next 12 months Russia to increase gold production
Russian gold and reserve data from the Central Bank of the Federation of Russia
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