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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Categorization Of The Trust's Assets



(Amounts in 000's of US$)		December 31, 2018			December 31, 2017

Level 2
Investment in palladium		$	185,555		$	241,679



Schedule Of Investment In Palladium



	Year			Year
	Ended			Ended
(Amounts in 000's of US$, except for ounces data)	December 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
Ounces of palladium
Opening balance		228,863.1			263,819.3
Creations		38,014.7			43,021.8
Redemptions		(118,869.0)			(76,489.4)
Transfers of palladium to pay expenses		(1,092.9)			(1,488.6)
Closing balance		146,915.9			228,863.1

Investment in palladium
Opening balance	$	241,679		$	178,342
Creations		42,111			37,402
Redemptions		(114,467)			(64,629)
Realized gain on palladium distributed for the redemption of Shares		30,150			14,337
Transfers of palladium to pay expenses		(1,108)			(1,244)
Realized gain on palladium transferred to pay expenses		340			266
Change in unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in palladium		(13,150)			77,205
Closing balance	$	185,555		$	241,679



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Tabular disclosure of movement in the investment in bullion in the Trust.

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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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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