The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) in its latest data showed that gems and jewellery exports of India contracted by 0.75% in April-August period of 2018-19 as demand slowed down in major developed markets. As per the data, the country’s exports stood at $13.18 billion in April-August this fiscal, as compared to exports of $13.28 billion in April-August period of 2017-18.
The labour-intensive sector contributes about 14% to the country's overall export. The decline in shipments is mainly due to steep contraction in the export of silver jewellery, gold medallions and coins, along with a rise in the return of consignments. The data also showed that silver jewellery shipments during April-August 2018 dipped by 88% to $239 million. Similarly, export of gold medallions and coins contracted 87.2% in the period under review. Shipments of rough diamonds too reported a negative growth of 5%. But, exports of cut and polished diamonds grew by 11.5% to $10.31 billion in the first five months of the fiscal. Gold jewellery shipments almost doubled to $5.11 billion during the period from $2.70 billion in April-August last fiscal.
India's main export destinations are the US, Europe, Japan and China. America accounts for about one-fourth of the country's total gems and jewellery exports. During the period, consignments worth $3.5 billion were returned compared with $3 billion in April-August 2017. China is the biggest competitor of India in the sector. Besides, imports of gems and jewellery too dipped 4.27% in April-August 2018 to about $12 billion. Imports of rough diamonds contracted about 7%, while that of gold bar jumped to $3.7 billion during the period as against $1.3 billion in April-August 2017.
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