Gold jewellery’s export rise by 16.5% in September; register second consecutive month of gain

21 Oct 2013 Evaluate

Giving some respite to the exports sector, the country’s gold jewellery’s export rose by 16.5% in value terms to $653.90 million in September, as the demand perked up in the United States before the Christmas season. However, exports during the six months period starting from April, stood at $3.34 billion from $8, down by 58.34% on Y-o-Y basis.

Meanwhile, total gems and jewellery exports fell by 15.91% to $16.54 billion during the six month period. Nevertheless, the imports of gold into India in August and September dropped to 10.62 tonnes, as compared to a record high figure of 162 tonnes in May.

A supply crunch in bullion hit the jewellers' capacity to dispatch shipments. In an attempt to curb the burgeoning Current Account deficit (CAD), the government unveiled slew of measures to restrict yellow metal’s import. Although one of the measures was taken in consideration of the jewellery industry, given that the centre mandated 20% of shipment of gold to be turned into jewellery for export, lack of clarity over the rule virtually stopped imports from July-mid-September. Besides that, the government raised the import duty on gold to 10% and on gold jewellery to 15%, while Reserve Bank of India banned import of gold coins and medallions and tightened the letter-of-credit procedure.

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