Israel's Rough Diamond Figures For December 2002

January 02, 03 by Source: Controller of Diamonds, Israel's Ministry of Industry and Trade

Israel's rough exports and imports for December 2002 and full year summary.

December Imports: Rough Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
December	2002	2002	2001	2001
Gross Import	3,280,642.23	$761,404,585	1,221,885.69	$340,259,879
Returned Goods	49,320.95	$22,422,055	163,114.49	$27,208,660
% Returned	1.5%	2.9%
Net	3,231,321.28	$738,982,530	1,058,771.20	$313,051,219
	205.2%	136.1%

January - December Imports: Rough Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
Jan-Dec	2002	2002	2001	2001
Gross Import	23,438,176.62	$4,757,295,669	19,749,054.24	$3,710,494,173
Returned Goods	2,041,439.62	$362,411,546	1,394,877.62	$335,062,299
% Returned	8.7%	7.6%
Net	21,396,737.00	$4,394,884,123	18,354,176.62	$3,375,431,874
	16.6%	30.2%

December Exports: Rough Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
December	2002	2002	2001	2001
Gross Export	1,245,526.47	$200,549,666	887,203.74	$98,986,513
Returned Goods	111,087.05	$28,659,333	355,888.05	$27,924,259
% Returned	8.9%	14.3%
Net	1,134,439.42	$171,890,333	531,315.69	$71,062,254
	113.5%	141.9%

January - December Exports: Rough Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
Jan-Dec	2002	2002	2001	2001
Gross Export	13,797,884.02	$1,928,635,367	10,003,902.99	$1,305,053,128
Returned Goods	1,622,184.48	$306,502,175	2,062,006.29	$287,783,002
% Returned	11.8%	15.9%
Net	12,175,699.54	$1,622,133,192	7,941,896.70	$1,017,270,126
	53.3%	59.5%

Source: Controller of Diamonds, Ministry of Industry and Trade

Related Articles