Israeli Polished Imports and Exports in July

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

July Imports: Polished Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
July	2004	2004	2003	2003
Gross Import	358,766.55	$302,794,338	315,296.41	$266,136,905
Returned Goods	9,288.34	$7,532,095	12,806.25	$11,686,777
% Returned	2.6%	2.5%	4.1%	4.4%
Net	349,478.21	$295,262,243	302,490.16	$254,450,128
	97.9%	16.0%

January - July Imports: Polished Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
Jan - July	2004	2004	2003	2003
Gross Import	2,415,888.70	$1,948,127,774	2,274,053.04	$1,811,206,832
Returned Goods	69,632.33	$62,625,636	124,857.00	$57,005,422
% Returned	2.9%	3.2%	5.5%	3.1%
Net	2,346,256.37	$1,885,502,138	2,149,196.04	$1,754,201,410
	9.2%	7.5%

July Exports: Polished Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
July	2004	2004	2003	2003
Gross Export	615,352.19	$954,449,788	646,820.13	$843,458,626
Returned Goods	176,079.70	$317,501,231	191,742.88	$262,577,221
% Returned	28.6%	33.2%	29.6%	31.1%
Net	439,272,49	$636,948,557	455,077.25	$580,881,405
	-3.5%	9.7%

January - July Exports: Polished Diamonds

	Carats	$	Carats	$
Jan-July	2004	2004	2003	2003
Gross Export	4,148,761.43	$6,098,832,694	4,032,527.79	$5,110,562,359
Returned Goods	1,237,455.65	$2,172,695,894	1,271,852.94	$1,872,557,645
% Returned	29.8%	35.6%	31.5%	36.6%
Net	2,911,305,78	$3,926,136,800	2,760,674.85	$3,238,004,714
	5.5%	21.3%

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