Net gold imports via Hong Kong to China, the world's top consumer of the metal, fell 0.2% to 4.192 tonnes in February, compared with 4.2 tonnes in January, the data showed.
"Import is still restricted. There were no quotas issued by People's Bank of China (PBOC) in February," Bernard Sin, Regional Director, Greater China at MKS Switzerland, said.
The real aim is to increase production to 100 tonnes or more in the next five years.
Turkey imported $26.6 billion worth of gold in 2020, around double that of a year earlier, out of the country's total imports worth some $219.43 billion.