Polished diamond exports from Belgium rose in value by 2.7 percent ( on y-o-y basis) to $1.367 billion and dropped 8.5 percent in volume terms to 565,285 carats in September 2013, reports say. Imports of polished diamonds increased 17 percent to $1.379 billion. The net polished exports fell to a deficit of $12.24 million, while the same was in surplus worth $152.27 million, reports say.

The exports of rough diamonds increased 4.3 percent to $1.197 billion and the imports of rough diamonds slipped 2.5 percent to $1.049 billion. The net imports were in a deficit of $148.81 million (in September 2012 it was in a deficit of $73.71 million), reports say.

The country’s net diamond account in the month (valued as the difference between net polished exports and net rough imports) dropped 40 percent to $136.57 million.