ArmInfo. Armenia sharply reduced diamond exports against growth by 2.3-fold in 2018 - up to 224.8 thousand carats, which is 65.1% lower than the indicator a year ago. Customs value was $ 54.1 million, with a y-o-y decline of 29.9%. According to the RA Customs Service, diamonds are exported from Armenia mainly to the UAE (62%), Russia (18%), the USA (7%), Belgium (6.8%), Israel (3.2%) and Canada (2, 5%).
According to customs data, a positive trend was recorded in imports of products for the lapidary industry in quantitative terms. In particular, supplies increased by 16% to 708.4 thousand carats of rough diamonds, valued at $ 149.5 million (with an annual decline of 13.2%). Mostly, rough diamonds are imported to Armenia from Hong Kong (35%), India (29.2%), UAE (18.4%), Switzerland (6.1%), Belgium (3.1%), Canada (2, 9%), Israel (1.4%), as well as from South Africa, Thailand, Angola, Germany, Lebanon, Russia, Bulgaria.
