The rough diamond exports rose 16 percent to $2 billion, while imports were 11 percent higher over the same period last year and totalled $2.36 billion, as per reports.
The net rough imports (imports minus exports) dropped 11 percent to $356.2 million.
Israel’s polished diamond imports dropped 7 percent to $2.37 billion. The net polished exports (exports minus imports) rose 6 percent to $1.46 billion.
The country’s polished diamond exports to US declined - 0.3 percent to $1.47 billion, while that to Hong Kong slipped 9 percent ($1.03 billion) and that to Belgium was down by 17 percent ($288.4 million), reports add.
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