India’s gem & jewellery exports contract 38.10% in July: GJEPC

13 Aug 2020 Evaluate

The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) in its latest report stated that India’s gem and jewellery exports contracted by 38.10% in July to $1.35 billion (around Rs 10,185 crore) compared to 2.2 billion (around Rs 15,112 crore) in July last year. The contraction in exports was due to weak global demand on account of the Covid-19 pandemic. The labour-intensive sector contributes about 15 per cent of the country's overall exports.

During April-July this fiscal, the exports dipped by 50.36% to $4.11 billion as against $8.27 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 four months of 2020-21 declined by 73.62 per cent to $494.92 million. Similarly, outbound shipments of coloured gemstones contracted 69 per cent during the period.

But, exports of silver jewellery grew to $510.8 million during April-July this fiscal from $252.64 million in April-July 2019-20. India's main export destinations are the US, Europe, Japan and China. The US accounts for about one-fourth of the country's total gems and jewellery exports. During the four months, imports of gems and jewellery declined by 69.8 per cent $1.53 billion. Import of rough diamonds during April-July 2020 too dipped by 81.63 per cent to $712.55 million.

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