WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS

International Financial Statistics, November 2011* % of Tonnes reserves** 8,133.5 75.5% 3,401.0 72.6% 1) 2,814.0 2,451.8 72.2% 2,435.4 71.0% 1,054.1 1.7% 1,040.1 14.3% 851.5 8.6% 765.2 3.3% 612.5 61.0% 557.7 9.0% 502.1 35.0% 423.6 5.7% 382.5 88.9% 365.8 63.8% 322.9 3.1% 310.3 17.0% 286.8 32.1% 281.6 39.5% 280.0 56.9% 227.5 40.0% 173.6 4.8% 152.4 4.4% 5 % 1) 143.8 128.7 8.9% 127.4 2.8% 125.7 13.0% 125.0 13.1% 1) 119.0 116.1 6.5% 111.6 80.0% 105.4 3.9% 103.7 10.3% 102.9 5.3% 79.9 9.5% 79.0 13.8% 75.6 14.8% 73.1 3.1% 70.4 11.3% 66.5 3.7% 64.4 17.6% 54.7 5.9% 49.3 21.8% 49.1 23.8% 39.9 11.8% 39.4 0.7% 38.5 41.4% 36.5 12.2% 36.4 1.4% 34.7 3.8% % of Tonnes reserves** 33.6 0.5% 31.8 66.5% 27.9 4.2% 26.3 37.7% 25.8 7.5% 22.0 4.9% 21.4 3.0% 13.9 4.9% 13.9 55.9% 13.5 7.2% 12.8 5.0% 12.5 1.6% 12.4 15.7% 12.4 3.5% 9.2 1.5% 8.1 5.0% 7.7 4.9% 7.3 14.1% 6.9 5.7% 6.8 14.1% 6.7 4.2% 6.0 14.8% 59 5.9 0.6% 0 6% 5.8 4.1% 1) 4.7 1) 4.7 3.9 6.5% 3.4 0.3% 3.2 15.5% 3.1 22.5% 3.1 0.3% 2.6 7.3% 2.3 4.4% 2.3 4.6% 2.2 10.5% 2.2 12.4% 2.1 0.0% 2.0 1.3% 2.0 3.1% 1.9 0.9% 1.6 3.2% 1.6 1.7% 0.7 1.3% 0.7 0.7% 0.6 0.9% 0.4 8.4% 0.4 4.3% 0.3 0.1% 0.2 5.9% 0.2 0.0%

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WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS

International Financial Statistics, November 2011* % of Other Tonnes reserves** 1) World 30,708.3 Euro Area (incl. ECB) 10,792.5 64.4% 6) CBGA 3 signatories 11,958.3 48.8%

NOTES *ThistablewasupdatedinNovember2011andreportsdataavailableatthattime.Dataaretakenfrom theInternationalMonetaryFund'sInternationalFinancialStatistics(IFS),November2011edition,and othersourceswhereapplicable.IFSdataaretwomonthsinarrears,soholdingsareasofSeptember2011 formostcountries,August2011orearlierforlatereporters.Thetabledoesnotlistallgoldholders: countrieswhichhavenotreportedtheirgoldholdingstotheIMFinthelastsixmonthsarenotincluded, whileothercountriesareknowntoholdgoldbuttheydonotreporttheirholdingspublicly.Wherethe g y p g p y WGCknowsofmovementsthatarenotreportedtotheIMFormisprints,changeshavebeenmade. **Thepercentageshareheldingoldoftotalforeignreserves,ascalculatedbytheWorldGoldCouncil.The valueofgoldholdingsiscalculatedusingtheendofmonthLondonpmfixgoldpricepublisheddailybythe LBMA.InSeptember,theendofmonthgoldpricewas $1620. Dataforthevalueofotherreservesare takenfromIFS,tableTotalReservesminusGold. 1.BISandIMFbalancesheetsdonotallowthispercentagetobecalculated.Inthecaseofanycountries, uptodatedataforotherreservesarenotavailable. 2.BISdataareupdatedeachyearfromtheBISsannualreporttoreflecttheBanksgoldinvestmentassets excludinganygoldheldinconnectionwithswapoperations,underwhichtheBankexchangescurrencies forphysicalgold.Thebankhasanobligationtoreturnthegoldattheendofthecontract. 3.WestAfricanEconomicMonetaryUnionincludingthecentralbank. 4.Includesboth"Monetarygold"and"Othergold"asreportedbythecentralbank. 5.CentralAfricanEconomicandMonetaryUnionincludingthecentralbank. 6.SignatoriestothethirdCentralBankGoldAgreementwhichcommencedinSeptember2009.The signatoresinclude:ECB,Austria,Belgium, Cyprus,Estonia,Finland, France, Germany,Greece,Ireland,Italy, Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland.Estonia becameasignatoryuponjoiningtheEuroinJanuary2011.
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