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By George King Cassell Platts, London Friday, October 21, 2016
Gold exports from Switzerland totaled 149 mt in September, down 9 percent from 163 metric tonnes in August, Swiss federal customs data showed Tuesday.
The figure is 5 percent higher than 141 metric tonnes reported a year earlier but is the weakest monthly outflow since March.
Switzerland is the world's largest refiner and exporter of gold and total exports from the country now stand at 1,349 metric tonnes for the year to date, up 4 percent from 1,302 metric tonnes in the same period of 2015.
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