Israeli Polished Imports and Exports In June

Israeli import and export figures of polished diamonds for June 2004.

June Imports: Polished Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
June	2004	2004	2003	2003
Gross Import	385,339.94	$308,963,569	303,514.64	$266,671,261
Returned Goods	8,011.41	$14,929,116	18,000.81	$3,415,422
% Returned	2.1%	4.8%	5.9%	1.3%
Net	377,328.53	$294,034,453	312,513.83	$263,255,839
	20.7%	11.7%

January - June Imports: Polished Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
Jan - June	2004	2004	2003	2003
Gross Import	2,057,122.15	$1,645,333,436	1,958,756.63	$1,545,069,927
Returned Goods	60,336.32	$55,039,063	112,050.75	$45,318,645
% Returned	2.9%	3.3%	5.7%	2.9%
Net	1,996,785.83	$1,590,294,353	1,846,705.88	$1,499,751,282
	8.1%	6.0%

June Exports: Polished Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
June	2004	2004	2003	2003
Gross Export	575,734.35	$863,090,390	533,048.97	$662,943,263
Returned Goods	210,865.68	$381,720,081	208,911.57	$336,070,212
% Returned	36.6%	44.2%	31.9%	50.7%
Net	364,868,67	$481,370,309	324,137.40	$326,873,051
	12.6%	47.3%

January - June Exports: Polished Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
Jan-June	2004	2004	2003	2003
Gross Export	3,533,774.44	$5,144,861,434	3,385,310.86	$4,265,127,332
Returned Goods	1,061,235.38	$1,854,552,381	1,079,690.80	$1,608,873,396
% Returned	30.0%	36.0%	11.6%	37.7%
Net	2,472,539,06	$3,290,309,053	2,305,420.06	$2,656,253,936
	7.2%	23.9%

Source: Controller of Diamonds, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor