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India’s c&p diamond export grows 11.97% in September 2022, and rough import dips 7.06%
The overall gross Imports of Cut & Polished diamonds at $ 115.97 mn in September 2022 show a decline of 11.45% as compared to $ 130.97 mn imported in September 2021.
The gross import of rough diamonds in September registered $1556.05 mn, showing a decline of 7.06% as against $1674.31mn recorded in September 2021.
The overall gross Exports of Cut & Polished diamonds for April-September 2022 at $ 12215.46 mn shows a decline of 1.27% as compared to $ 12372.82 mn for the same period of the previous year.
The overall gross Imports of Cut & Polished diamonds at $ 732.81 mn for April-September is showing a growth of 1.34% as compared to $ 723.09 mn for the same period of the previous year.
The overall gross Imports of Cut & Polished diamonds in DTA at $ 249.98 mn is showing a growth of 57.19% in April -September as compared to $ 159.03 mn for April -September 2021.
The overall gross Imports of Cut & Polished diamonds in SEZ at $ 482.83 mn showed a decline of -13.55% as compared to $ 558.54 for the same period of April -September 2021.
Gross Imports of rough diamonds at $ 9421.50 mn in April - September 2022 show a growth of 3.48% compared with the imports at $ 9104.19 mn for the same period of the previous year.
Exports of Polished Lab Grown Diamonds show a provisional gross export for the period April - September 2022 at $ 943.63 mn, indicating a growth of 60.55% over the comparative figure of $ 587.76 mn for April-September 2021.
Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough&Polished