From a global perspective, the gold demand trends show that the focus is now moving from the West to the East, or in other words, from the us and Europe to Asia.

从全球视角来看，黄金需求趋势表明焦点已经从西方转向东方，换句话说也就是从美国和欧洲转向了亚洲。

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The World Gold Council (WGC) reaffirmed the power of the Love Trade in its 2011 Gold Demand Trends report released this week.

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All of the Far Eastern markets, outside of China and India (which now account for 56 percent of the gold being used for jewelry), saw weaker demand in 2012, according to Gold Demand Trends.

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While growth in value was recorded across all sectors and geographies, the standout markets were India and China which accounted for 52 percent of total bar and coin investment and 55 percent of global jewelry demand, the WGC said in its Gold Demand Trends report for the second quarter of 2011.

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