In the month, imports of rough diamonds slipped 6 percent to $1.282 billion and exports of rough diamonds dropped 22 percent to $124 million.
The net rough imports dropped 4 percent to $1.158 billion. The month’s net diamond account valued as total of polished and rough exports less total imports, slipped into a deficit of $80.31 million, which stood in surplus worth $34.2 million in September 2012, reports add.
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