Indian gem and jewelry shipments dip by 20% in February: GJEPC

12 Mar 2020 Evaluate

Gem and Jewelry Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) in its latest report has stated that gems and jewelry shipments by India dipped by 20.26% to Rs 20,763.28 crore in February 2020, as against Rs 26,039.32 crore in February 2019, amid the global outbreak of coronavirus. Sluggish growth in global economy and credit crunch in the industry and customs issues has been dragging the exporting and Covid-19 has added the downside.

India has registered decline in the overall gold exports by 6.38% to Rs 2,36,839.34 crore during April 2019 to February 2020, compared to Rs 2,52,973.24 crore during the same period last year. While, cut and polished diamonds (CPD) exports in February slipped by 40.66% to Rs 9,897.14 crore, as against same period last year's Rs 16,679.94 crore. During April 2019 to February 2020, CPD exporting dipped 18.71% to Rs 1,24,880.11 crore, from last year same period's Rs 1,53,621.64 crore.

Even though, gold jewelry shipments in February increased by 28.26% to Rs 8,106.96 crore from last year same month's Rs 6,320.88 crore. During April 2019 to February 2020, gold jewelry shipments marked growth of 7.27% to Rs 80,088.38 crore, from last year same periods’ Rs 74,661.63 crore. Shipments in silver jewelry during April 2019 to February 2020 also rose by 91.57% to Rs 10,342.17 crore from last year same period's Rs 5,398.61 crore.

During the period of April 2019 to February 2020 exports of coloured gemstone marked a decline of 16.20% to Rs 2,171.87 crore, from last year same period's Rs 2,591.59 crore; the overall gems and jewelry imports declined by 3.33% to $23.03 billion, from last year same period's from $23.83 billion; and overall gross import of rough diamonds fell 13.43% to $12.39 billion from same period last year's $14.31 billion.

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