Dopyt po striebre v Číne rastie

Historicky do roku 2010 bola Čína exportérom striebra. V roku 2010 po prvý krát biely kov importovala. Takmer 3500 ton (112 mil. uncí). Číňania sedia na US$2,5 bilióna a podľa všetkého hľadia na zlato a striebro ako bezpečnú ochranu ich financií.

Investment demand for silver is soaring in China as the white metals is increasingly looked at as jewellery, industrial metal and an essential component in electronics and automotive industry.

In 2010, China imported an unprecedented 14 percent of global silver as the demand for silver has been growing in the country. Till last year, China has been historically been a net exporter of silver.

In an interview to Silver Investing News, Chris Berry, founder of Mountain House Partners, said: “I know that the Chinese are buying huge blocks of the SLV silver ETF and then selling it to try and get their hands on the physical metal.”

‘You have the Chinese sitting on a store of $2.5 trillion US of which they know is completely useless, so I think they are looking at gold, but also at silver as a store of value and a way to hedge against the decline of the US dollar,’ he said.

Článok: www.commodityonline.com/news/Silver-investment-demand-in-China-soars-37007-3-1.html