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2002

5-Year U.S. Diamond Import Comparison by Country

April 2002

Diamonds (Polished) Under 1/2 Carat, in U.S. Dollars

Country

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

% Change

India

1,322,567,002

1,560,690,997

1,900,715,528

2,045,554,442

1,518,061,764

-25.8

Israel

567,595,199

521,444,562

608,268,726

692,823,741

536,342,657

-22.5

Belgium

212,920,569

261,135,934

207,627,975

221,147,643

215,915,257

-2.4

Hong Kong

77,088,858

61,178,269

46,808,545

78,995,423

58,988,688

-25.3

U.A.E.

1,106,270

1,250,595

24,600,537

19,119,329

21,489,378

12.4

Thailand

10,997,651

9,686,191

14,422,992

17,858,884

14,157,754

-20.8

Switzerland

5,877,418

1,932,360

10,224,150

8,502,086

4,140,689

-51.3

China

489,185

1,127,694

1,606,317

7,567,969

6,925,622

-8.5

U.K.

890,062

455,570

796,423

3,285,988

6,826,410

107.7

Mexico

302,430

10,850,581

6,816,601

3,210,971

11,743,618

265.1

Brazil

2,180,051

1,737,915

1,725,309

3,180,953

1,754,691

-44.8

Japan

4,395,583

1,755,941

2,647,147

2,222,462

2,641,906

18.9

Canada

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1,271,570

N/A

Ukraine

0

0

390,283

2,058,828

343,719

-83.3

Singapore

963,179

1,078,105

1,188,668

1,865,101

1,730,899

-7.1

All Other

18,658,582

18,558,950

12,211,678

10,528,553

12,080,928

14.8

Total

2,226,032,039

2,452,883,664

2,840,050,879

3,120,122,373

2,414,415,250

-22.6

Diamonds (Polished) Over 1/2 Carat, in U.S. Dollars

Country

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

% Change

Israel

2,394,242,595

2,986,408,125

3,649,033,401

4,633,905,648

4,567,323,621

-1.4

Belgium

1,474,781,113

1,485,966,210

1,633,846,124

2,170,476,120

1,842,321,315

-15

India

259,822,978

305,722,801

382,620,958

460,507,739

406,924,455

-11.6

Switzerland

235,042,522

238,988,258

254,243,573

263,311,091

118,302,162

-55.1

South Africa

105,859,734

91,863,586

66,483,560

139,465,564

160,706,667

15.2

Hong Kong

83,041,175

105,332,448

116,595,630

138,987,682

145,422,345

4.6

U.K

31,896,449

76,904,489

74,824,241

99,858,854

118,193,838

18.4

Russia

41,379,837

56,503,331

44,152,281

61,183,032

111,963,520

83.0

Thailand

11,043,441

13,501,520

18,150,830

27,303,798

9,396,622

-65.6

France

8,307,751

15,748,053

6,162,531

15,930,278

31,113,472

95.3

Singapore

4,037,172

14,907,802

7,141,647

13,971,223

7,211,270

-48.4

Brazil

3,882,203

4,565,612

6,560,795

13,438,708

10,535,576

-21.6

Japan

17,188,924

8,117,746

6,466,283

13,331,171

13,135,544

-1.5

Canada

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

13,966,130

N/A

China

209,329

796,581

6,145,217

11,527,883

709,849

-93.8

All Other

48,570,804

37,498,262

48,503,347

62,407,041

77,276,746

23.8

Total

4,719,306,027

5,442,824,804

6,321,065,418

8,137,146,768

7,635,212,981

-6.1

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