The exports of rough diamonds dropped 16.1 percent to $135 million, while rough diamond imports rose 32.5 percent to $681.6 million. The net imports rose 50.8 percent valuing $546.6 million, reports suggest.
In the said month, the country’s net diamond account, (valued as the difference between net exports and net imports), stood at $851.4 million ( the same was $686.7 million in August 2012), reports add.
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