<P> The Belgian government rushed to ship the gold to a safe place: Dakar, the capital of Senegal, then part of the French colonial empire . After the Germans occupied Belgium and France in 1940, they demanded the Belgian gold reserve back . In 1941, Vichy French officials arranged the transport of 4,944 boxes with 198 tons of gold to officials of the German Reichsbank . </P> <P> Since early 2011, the gold holdings of the IMF have been constant at 90.5 million troy ounces (2,814.1 metric tons). </P> <P> The IMF regularly maintains statistics of national assets as reported by various countries . This data is used by the World Gold Council to periodically rank and report the gold holdings of countries and official organizations . </P> <P> On 17 July 2015, China announced that it increased its gold reserves by about 57 percent from 1,054 to 1,658 metric tons, while disclosing its official gold reserves for the first time in six years . </P>

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