Top 30 Israeli Diamond Exporters 2006
January 23, 07A list of the top 30 Israeli diamond exporters in 2006 has been compiled by the Diamond Controller's office at the Ministry of Industry, Trade & Employment.
Exports by the 30 firms totaled $3.035 billion, approximately 46 percent of overall 2006 exports of polished diamonds, which stood at $6.61 billion.
It should be noted that the list represents the top exporters that have agreed to be included on the list. Every year a number of companies decline to appear on the list. This year 12 companies asked to be excluded. Their combined exports of polished diamonds were $599 million, 9 percent of the year’s exports.
| Company | ‘06 in $mn | ‘05 in $mn |
1. | L.L.D. Diamonds Ltd. | 553 | 601 |
2. | Leo Schachter Ltd. | 460 | 418 |
3. | Moshe Namdar and Co. Ltd. | 204 | 185 |
4. | A. Dalumi Diamonds Ltd. | 158 | 149 |
5. | YEI Ltd | 156 | 139 |
6. | Yerushalmi Brothers Ltd. | 148 | 147 |
7. | Wertheimer-Fruchter Diamonds | 125 | 111 |
8. | M.I.D House of Diamonds Ltd. | 109 | 115 |
9. | Salant Group Ltd. | 95 | 175 |
10. | Rosy Blue Sales Ltd. | 89 | 79 |
11. | SN Asia ( | 86 | 86 |
12. | A.A. Rachminov Diamond Co. | 74 | 51 |
13. | Poligem Ltd. | 70 | 58 |
14. | Yundor Diamonds Ltd. | 68 | 53 |
15. | Smerouz Ltd | 64 | - |
16. | Beta Diamonds | 61 | 62 |
17. | Zilberberg Diam Ltd. | 52 | - |
18. | Eshed Diam | 51 | 32 |
19. | Niru Diamonds | 43 | 31 |
20. | Kuperman Brothers Ltd. | 42 | 53 |
21. | Novel Collection Ltd. | 40 | 37 |
22. | Eran Diamonds - Yehuda Sayag | 39 | 45 |
23. | WDC Group ( | 34 | 33 |
24. | M Lustig & Samuels Diamond Group | 33 | 32 |
25. | LDZ Diamonds | 33 | - |
26. | Onyx Diamonds Ltd. | 32 | 33 |
27. | B.L.I.D. International Ltd. | 31 | - |
28. | Direct Diamond Solution | 30 | - |
29. | Dov Diamonds (1999) Ltd. | 28 | 35 |
30. | RAS Diamond Ltd. | 27 | - |