BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

14/05/2007

Belarus' Diamond Imports Up In Carats Down In Value

Belarus' rough diamond imports, at 16,668 carats in the first quarter of 2007, increased by 22.8 percent compared to such imports in the first quarter of 2006, says a spokesman for the Belarusian Finance Ministry. However, in terms of value, imports fell by 26 percent to US$3.48 million.

Compared with the final quarter of 2006, imports in carats fell 24.8 percent and imports in value fell 47.3 percent.

For the year 2006 as a whole, Belarus imported 62,251 carats of diamonds, up 22.4 percent from 2006. However, in monetary terms this related to a fall of 20 percent to US$17.269 million.

Source:

http://www.diamondintelligence.com/magazine/magazine.asp?id=5029