Gem and jewellery exports contract by 35% in June: GJEPC

14 Jul 2020 Evaluate

The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) in its latest data has showed that India’s gem and jewellery exports contracted by 34.92% to $1.64 billion (around Rs 12,333 crore) in June 2020, as compared to $2.52 billion (around Rs 18,951 crore) in June last year. The fall was due to dip in global demand on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. The labour-intensive sector contributes about 15% of the country's overall exports.

During April-June this fiscal, the exports dipped by 54.70% to $2.75 billion as against $6.07 billion in the same period last year. The decline in shipments is mainly due to negative growth in the export of gold jewellery, and coloured gemstones. As per the data, gold jewellery exports during the first quarter of 2020-21 declined by 79% to $321.24 million. Similarly, outbound shipments of coloured gemstones contracted 80.56% in the last fiscal.

But, exports of silver jewellery grew to $324.59 million during the period from $168 million in April-June 2019-20. 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 quarter, imports of gems and jewellery declined by 74.81% to $915.14 million. Import of rough diamonds during April-June 2020 too dipped by 82.7% to $481.65 million.

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