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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Quantitative Effect Of Adoption Of Investment Company Accounting

		Value at						Gain / (loss)
		December 31, 2013			Value at			as a result of
		at lower of cost			January 1, 2014			change in
(Amounts in 000's of US$)		or market value			at fair value			accounting principle
Investment in palladium		$	463,598		$	510,475		$	46,877

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets

(Amounts in 000's of US$)		June 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Level 2
Investment in palladium		$	301,474		$	410,663

Schedule Of Investment In Palladium

		Six Months			Year
		Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		June 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
Ounces of palladium
Opening balance			514,615.5			717,967.6
Creations			-			24,356.7
Redemptions			(67,861.1)			(223,886.6)
Transfers of palladium to pay expenses			(1,445.0)			(3,822.2)
Closing balance			445,309.4			514,615.5
Investment in palladium
Opening balance		$	410,663		$	510,475
Creations			-			19,757
Redemptions			(52,798)			(174,468)
Realized gain on palladium distributed for the redemption of Shares			8,554			29,111
Transfers of palladium to pay expenses			(1,133)			(3,031)
Realized gain on palladium transferred to pay expenses			191			550
Change in unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in palladium			(64,003)			28,269
Closing balance		$	301,474		$	410,663

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