The Russian government has decided that the Ministry of Industry and Trade must now issue a general license for the permanent export of platinum, platinum group metals, refined gold and silver in bar, granule and powder form. document published on portal legal information.
According to the decree, the ministry will have to issue a general license for export “on the basis of an application approved by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation for issuing a general license for the export of refined precious metals”.
Prior to this, it was known that platinum exports from Russia to China were made in January-February 2023. augmented Physically 279 times (5.99 kg to 1.67 tons) compared to the same period last year, the monetary supply of this metal increased from $ 0.2 million to $ 53 million China — from 0.32 tons to 2.72 tons (from $ 27 million) ) to $152 million).
former Central Bank declaration about a possible increase in key rate.