Recently released by the Antwerp World Diamond Center (AWDC), trade statistics for the month show that November has become a pretty good month for trading in rough diamonds.
At the same time, statistics on the turnover of diamonds indicate a slight decrease in trade volumes compared to November 2012.
In the rough diamond segment, trade indicators in November were very positive, especially for exports, AWDC notes. The volume of exports of rough diamonds for the reporting month increased by 38.78% compared to November 2012. In terms of value, the growth was 23.44%. This growth was driven mainly by rising demand in India, which is the main importer of rough diamonds from Antwerp.
Imports of unpolished diamonds, on the contrary, declined by 3.95% in volume and 1.35% in value on a year-on-year basis.