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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets



(Amounts in 000's of US$)		March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015

Level 2
Investment in palladium		$	178,213		$	184,779



Schedule Of Investment In Palladium



	Three Months			Year
	Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)	March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015
Ounces of palladium
Opening balance		337,804.6			514,615.5
Creations		9,636.3			14,479.4
Redemptions		(33,741.7)			(188,665.9)
Transfers of palladium to pay expenses		(495.2)			(2,624.4)
Closing balance		313,204.0			337,804.6

Investment in palladium
Opening balance	$	184,779		$	410,663
Creations		5,301			7,799
Redemptions		(18,032)			(127,993)
Realized (loss) / gain on palladium distributed for the redemption of Shares		(3,768)			5,055
Transfers of palladium to pay expenses		(259)			(1,893)
Realized (loss) / gain on palladium transferred to pay expenses		(63)			183
Change in unrealized gain / (loss) on investment in palladium		10,255			(109,035)
Closing balance	$	178,213		$	184,779



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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19190-110258

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