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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets



(Amounts in 000's of US$)		December 31, 2017			December 31, 2016

Level 2
Investment in palladium		$	241,679		$	178,342



Schedule Of Investment In Palladium



		Year			Year
		Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)		December 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
Ounces of palladium
Opening balance			263,819.3			337,804.6
Creations			43,021.8			38,467.6
Redemptions			(76,489.4)			(110,603.9)
Transfers of palladium to pay expenses			(1,488.6)			(1,849.0)
Closing balance			228,863.1			263,819.3

Investment in palladium
Opening balance		$	178,342		$	184,779
Creations			37,402			22,809
Redemptions			(64,629)			(69,265)
Realized gain / (loss) on palladium distributed for the redemption of Shares			14,337			(1,837)
Transfers of palladium to pay expenses			(1,244)			(1,107)
Realized gain / (loss) on palladium transferred to pay expenses			266			(82)
Change in unrealized gain on investment in palladium			77,205			43,045
Closing balance		$	241,679		$	178,342



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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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