U.S. Imports For Consumption Of Diamond, By Kind, Weight, And Country

TABLE 7
U.S. IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF DIAMOND, BY KIND, WEIGHT, AND COUNTRY- ¹

	2009			2010
	Quantity	Value²		Quantity	Value²
Kind, range, and country of origin	(carats)	(millions)		(carats)	(millions)
Rough or uncut, natural:³
Angola	359,000	$48		67,000	$132
Australia	17,700	2		8,060	1
Botswana	88,100	35		81,500	68
Brazil	443	(4)		--	--
Canada	27,300	32		35,300	43
Congo (Kinshasa)	11,600	7		6,650	7
Ghana	250	(4)		135	(4)
Guyana	212	(4)		534	(4)
India	32,700	1		12,900	1
Namibia	10,000	6		7,450	9
Russia	16,500	3		37,500	8
South Africa	104,000	112		102,000	223
Other	32,000	43		29,400	31
Total	700,000	289		389,000	524
Cut but unset, not more than 0.5 carat:
Belgium	344,000	127		281,000	106
Canada	7,910	7		13,000	9
China	25,800	18		37,500	21
Dominican Republic	38,200	10		7,250	2
Hong Kong	239,000	24		180,000	25
India	5,760,000	1,150		7,310,000	1,560
Israel	400,000	198		433,000	207
Mauritius	6,920	15		5,780	15
Mexico	65,900	10		92,300	21
South Africa	1,780	10		9,440	13
Thailand	60,800	17		93,400	14
United Arab Emirates	153,000	30		77,100	17
Other	57,400	39	^r	63,900	49
Total	7,160,000	1,650		8,610,000	2,060
Cut but unset, more than 0.5 carat:
Belgium	640,000	2,130		706,000	2,900
Canada	20,200	60		23,300	83
Hong Kong	26,800	76		42,200	102
India	1,110,000	1,930		1,900,000	3,610
Israel	1,670,000	5,350		2,000,000	7,530
Mexico	1,810	3		1,250	1
Russia	57,800	137		25,300	98
South Africa	34,700	533		63,000	892
Switzerland	23,500	238		11,300	391
Thailand	3,980	9		5,910	13
United Arab Emirates	33,900	60		10,100	42
Other	53,200	256		73,800	343
Total	3,670,000	10,800		4,860,000	16,000
^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.--
²Customs value.--
³Includes some natural advanced diamond.--
⁴Less than - unit.--

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.