Responsible business practices ‘no longer optional’, says WDC President Feriel Zerouki

The president of the World Diamond Council takes time out of her busy schedule to tell Rough&Polished readers about the critical work of the WDC. Zerouki, the first female present of the body, which includes all the important industry organizations among...

14 october 2024

James Campbell: Botswana Diamonds optimistic as it enters uncharted territory of using AI for mineral exploration

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has expressed optimism about the company’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scan the exploration database in Botswana to look for new mineralised deposits. Company managing director James Campbell told Rough...

07 october 2024

Artur Salyakayev: For me, happiness is freedom to make my ideas happen and create valuable products

Artur Salyakayev is an art entrepreneur, founder of the International Jewelry Academy (IJA) and the INCRUA jewelry company. He has initiated and developed successful projects in jewelry industry and services sector. He is also a leading expert...

30 september 2024

Paul Zimnisky: China key for sustained recovery in demand for natural diamonds, prices

The curtailing of upstream and midstream natural diamond production in the past months is starting to have an effect on prices, according to the New-York-based independent diamond and jewellery analyst and consultant, Paul Zimnisky. He told Rough & Polished’s...

23 september 2024

Vladimir Pilyushin: The jewelry market is not stand-alone and moves by the same laws as other markets

Vladimir Pilyushin is editor-in-chief of Russian Jeweler, a leading magazine about the jewelry industry in Russia. He told Rough&Polished about his view on the evolution of the jewelry industry in Russia and touched upon some of its problems.

16 september 2024

India's polished diamond exports dip 28.25% in December 2022, rough imports too down by 27.32%

26 january 2023

The overall gross export of polished diamonds at $ 1270.36 mn in the month of Dec 2022 is showing a decline of 28.25% as compared to $ 1 770.61 mn for the same period of the previous year.
The overall gross imports of polished diamonds at $ 102.30 mn in the month of Dec 2022 is showing a decline of 30.72% as compared to $ 147.67 mn for the same period of the previous year.
For the period Apr 2022 - Dec 2022, the overall gross exports of polished diamonds at $ 16 625.45 mn are showing a decline of 7.67% as compared to $ 18 006.79 mn for the same period of the previous year.
The overall gross imports of polished diamonds at $ 1 046.06 mn are showing a decline of 6.66% as compared to $ 1 120.68 mn for the same period of the previous year.
The overall gross Imports of polished diamonds in DTA at $ 371.84 mn is showing a growth of 35.82 as compared to $ 273.77 mn for April – December 2021. The overall gross imports of polished diamonds in SEZ at $ 674.22 mn is showing a decline of 20.39% as compared to $ 846.91 mn for the same period of April – December 2021.
Rough diamond imports for the month of December 22 show $1525.15 mn as against $ 2 098.49 mn in December 2021, registering a decrease of 27.32 %.
For the period Apr-Dec 2022, rough imports recorded $13,209.65 mn compared to $ 13,649.07 mn in April - December 2021, a decrease of 3.22%.
Imports of rough diamonds at $ 13 209.60 mn in Apr 2022 - Dec 2022 have shown a decline of 3.22% compared with the imports at $ 13 649.07 mn for the previous year. In volume terms, the gross import of rough diamonds at 99 275 000 carats during Apr 2022 - Dec 2022 has shown a decline of 23.16% compared with the imports at 129 195 000 carats during the previous year.
Provisional gross export of polished lab grown diamonds for the period Apr 2022 - Dec 2022 at $ 1 330.18 mn shows a growth of 44.10% over the comparative figure of $ 923.11 mn for the same period of the previous year.

Aruna Gaitonde, Editor in Chief of the Asian Bureau, Rough&Polished