The imports of cut and polished diamonds declined by 14.44% and stood at $1,527.43 million during the April to November period last year as against $1,785.17 million during the April to November period in 2016.
As per data compiled by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the return consignments stood almost the same at $4,945 million for the period under review, compared with $4,978 million in the year-ago period.
The imports of rough diamonds have increased by 11.11% and stood at $15.53 billion during the April-January period of the current fiscal. As per data compiled by GJEPC, the imports had aggregated to $13.97 billion in the 10-month period of last fiscal, 2016-17.