Israel’s diamond trade suffered another blow in August, with rough imports down 69 per cent year-on-year and rough exports down by 80 per cent. The figures were significantly worse than July, when imports and exports fell by 46 per cent and 44 per cent respectively. Israel imported a total of 314,371 carats, at a cost […]

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Israel’s trade in rough diamonds has halved during the first half of this year, according to new government figures. Net imports were down 45 per cent compared with H1 2022 to $555m and net exports fell 54 per cent to $444m. Trade in polished goods has also been hit by the global slowdown, but not […]

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Shanghai Bourse Signs MoU with Israel Diamond Exchange for Polishing of Large Diamonds. The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) and the Shanghai Diamond Exchange (SDE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation, with the latter agreeing to send their large diamonds for polishing to a new manufacturing facility scheduled to open in January 2019 […]

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