Angola Diamond Exports $1.2B in 2006

RAPAPORT… Angola generated revenues of $1.2 billion from diamond sales in 2006, Jornal de Angola reported. The newspaper quoted Hélder Marques, sales director of the country’s diamond marketing branch, Sodiam, as saying the country sold 9.4 million carats during the year. The figures were slightly inflated from those published by the Kimberley Process earlier this year, which pinned Angola’s diamond exports at $1.13 billion from 9.17 million carats, making it the fifth largest producer by value in the world. About 8 million carats were reportedly industrial grade stones. Marques reported that 32 percent of Angola’s diamond exports went to Dubai, followed by Antwerp, with 28 percent, Hong Kong, with 19 percent, Geneva, 10 percent, and Tel Aviv, at 7 percent.

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