Trade Policy

Exporters of gems and jewellery are eligible to import their inputs by obtaining Replenishment (Rep) Licences, Diamond
Imprest Licences and Bulk Licences for rough diamond from the licensing authorities. Diamond Imprest Licence can be
obtained in advance for import of rough diamonds from any source. Imports of gold , silver and other coin are restricted
whereas all other items in this chapter can be freely imported.

Industry Policy
All industrial undertakings of gems and jewellery are exempt from obtaining an industrial licence to manufacture. They are
required to file an Industrial Entrepreneur Memoranda(IEM) in Part 'A' (as per prescribed format) with the Secretariat of
Industrial Assistance(SIA), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India, and obtain an
acknowledgement. No further approval is required. Immediately after commencement of commercial production, Part B of
the IEM has to be filled in the prescribed format.

Industrial undertakings are free to select the location of a project. In the case of cities with population of more than a
million (as per the 1991 census), however, the proposed location should be at least 25 KM away from the Standard Urban
Area limits of that city unless, it is to be located in an area designated as an "industrial area" before the 25th July, 1991.
Relaxation in the aforesaid locational restriction is possible if an industrial license is obtained as per the notified
procedure. Small scale units are, however, exempt from the locational restrictions.

Entrepreneurs are required to obtain Statutory clearances relating to Pollution Control and Environment for setting up an
industrial project.

100 per cent Export Oriented Units (EOUs) and units in the Export Processing Zones (EPZs)/Special Economic
Zones(SEZs), enjoy a package of incentives and facilities, which include duty free imports of all types of capital goods,
raw material, and consumables in addition to tax holidays against export.

FDI upto 100 per cent is allowed through the automatic route for all manufacturing activities in Special Economic Zones
(SEZs).

The Development Commissioners (DCs) of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) /Free Trade Zones (FTZS)/Special
Economic Zones (SEZs) accord automatic approval to projects where
(a) Activity proposed does not attract compulsory licensing or falls in the services sector except IT enabled services;
(b) Location is in conformity with the prescribed parameters;
(c) Units undertake to achieve exports and value addition norms as prescribed in the Export and Import Policy in force;
(d) Unit is amenable to bonding by customs autorities; and
(e) Unit has projected the minimum export turnover, as specified in the Handbook of Procedures for Export and Import.

Processed foods is a delincensed industry. The declicensed undertakings, however, are required to file an Industrial
Entrepreneur Memoranda (IEM) with the Secretariat of Industrial Assistance (SIA). No further approval is required. No
restrictions are imposed regarding the location of the industrial undertaking. Certain items belonging to the are reserved
for small scale industry.

Tariff-non-tariff Policy
The import duty on most of the items under this group is 35.2 to 56.832 per cent. This includes a basic duty and a special
additional duty. However, in case of certain items like dust and powder of precious or semi-precious stones, waste and
scrap of precious metal, gold and silver coins, imitation jewellery etc. attract higher duty.

• General Details
- Statistics
- Production
- Industrial Number
• India's Trade
- India's Exports of Gems and Jewellery
- India's Country wise Exports
 • India's Cumulative Export Statistics
- India's Cumulative Export
- India's Country wise Cumulative Exports
• World's Trade
• Policies
• Trade Promotion Organizations

Statistics
Total No. of Units in Gems And Jewellery 11136
No. of Units in Organised sector 817
No. of Units in Small Scale sector 10319
Concentrations of Units in India Gems and Jewellery industry is
concentrated in Surat, Bhavnagar,
Ahmedabad, Mahesana, Navsari,
Palanpur and Valsad in Gujarat and
Mumbai in Maharashtra.

Production
Item Year Value
Jewellery & related
1997 40801.7
articles{Mln. Rs.}

Industrial Number
Industrial Code Description
14297 Mining of felspar and silica minerals
including quartz, quartizite and fuch
quartzite.
3691 Manufacture of jewellery and related
articles
36911 Manufacture of gold jewellery : gold, silver
and other precious metal jewellery;
precious and semi-precious stone
jewellery; gold and silver articles including
presentation coins but not the coin used
as a legal tender
36912 Diamond cutting and polishing and other
gem cutting and polishing
36913 Minting of currency coins

India's Exports of Gems and Jewellery

2000- 2001- 2002-
SI.NoProduct
2001 2002 2003
1 Agate cut 0.992 0.3455 1.6076
2 Agate uncut 0.0275 0.0138 0.0358
3 All other semi manufactured forms of silver 0.0258 0.0116 0.0455
Articles of goldsmith's or silversmith's wares
4 and parts thereof of base metal clad with 0.002
precious metal.
5 Articles of goldsmith's or silversmith's wares 1.4799 0.1289 0.3522
and parts thereof of other precious metal,
whether or not plated or clad with precious
 metal.
Articles of goldsmith's or silversmith's wares
6 and parts thereof of silver, whether or not 1.9283 3.054 7.0639
plated or clad with other precious metal.
Articles of goldsmith's or silversmith's wares
7 and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal 3.4082 3.1829 7.4181
clad with precious metal.
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof of base
8 0.2219 0.2589 0.1773
metal clad with precious metal
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof of other
9 precious metal, whether or not plated or clad 914.0818 1100.39751309.1444
with precious metal.
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof of silver,
10 whether or not plated or clad with other 40.8221 58.9766 87.6507
precious metal.
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of
11 precious metal or of metal clad with precious 955.1258 1159.63311396.9724
metal.
Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious
12 or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or 0.2449 0.2479 8.3373
reconstructed).
13 Articles of natural/cultured pearls 0.0023 0.0642 0.0034
Articles of precious or semi precious stones
14 0.2426 0.1837 8.3339
(natural, synthetic/reconstructed)
Bangles of base metals whether or not plated
15 4.1253 3.626 3.7397
with precious metal
Base metals clad with silver, not further worked
16 0.0261 0.0071 0.071
than semi-manufactured
Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further
17 0.0001 0.0009 0.0905
worked than semi-manufactud
Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum,
18 0.094 0.0113
not further worked than semi-manufactured.
Catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill, of
19 1.5232 2.0649 0.1845
platinum
20 Chaloidony cut 0.0833 0.0522 0.3041
21 Coin (excl. gold) not being legal tender 0.013 0.0213 0.0038
22 Coin. 0.1283 0.0549 0.0365
23 Crushed industrial diamonds 0.0019 0.0137 0.0016
Cuff links & studs of base metal whether or not
24 0.2199 0.45 1.6
plated with precious metal
25 Cultured pearls unworked 0.0205 0.0329 0.2363
26 Cultured pearls worked 0.431 0.6437 0.7296
Diamond (other than industrial diamond) cut or
27 6153.18735807.92957343.9818
otherwise worked but not mounted or set
Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not
28 6193.39445934.65567427.8853
mounted or set.
29 Dust and powder of diamonds 27.1222 16.8771 7.8819
Dust and powder of natural or synthetic
30 28.3069 17.044 9.967
precious or semi-precious stones.
31 Dust and powder of other precious stones 1.1848 0.1669 2.0851
32 Emeralds, uncut 0.1691 0.0162 2.2784
33 Emerals, cut 67.2772 41.1261 25.1696
34 Felspar (moon stone) cut 1.6653 7.5419 9.639
35 Felspar (moon stone) uncut 0.017 0.0248
36 Garnet cut 1.4997 3.4659 1.1351
37 Garnet uncut 0.037 0.0013
38 German silver jewellery 0.269 0.1139 0.314
Gold (including gold plated with platinum)
39 unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in 0.0058 0.0053
powder form.
40 Green aventurine, uncut 0.0029 0.0003
Imitation jewellery of base metal, whether or
41 43.4641 33.7822 40.5997
not plated with precious metal
Industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn,
42 0.0209 0.0554 0.269
cleaved or bruted.
43 Iridium, osmium and ruthenium, other.
Iridium, osmium and ruthenium, unwrought or
44
in powder form.
45 Jewellery of gold set with diamonds 472.5212 554.936 720.4635
46 Jewellery of gold set with pearls 76.9189 131.1665 81.5036
Jewellery of gold set with precious and semi
47 30.8739 31.1479 36.5308
precious stones other than diamonds
48 Jewellery of gold unset 324.7348 372.9739 467.6348
49 Jewellery of platinum group metals unset 9.0259 10.0012 2.8582
Jewellery set with imitation pearls or imitation
50 7.2588 5.2506 9.0445
or synthetic stones
51 Manufactures of gold 0.4432 0.1243 0.1058
52 Manufactures of platinim group metals 1.0355 0.0046 0.0234
53 Manufactures of rolled gold
Manufactures of silver whether or not plated or
54 1.8547 2.9209 6.5848
clad with precious metal
55 Monetary gold
56 Natural (real) pearls unworked 0.0982 0.042 0.4177
57 Natural (real) pearls worked 2.0285 0.7281 1.5292
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-
precious stones, precious metals, metals clad
58 7439.66127364.49089116.5964
with precious metal and articles thereof;
imitation jewellery; coin.
59 Natural pearls 2.1267 0.77 1.9468
Non-industrial diamonds unworked/simply
60 8.4914 22.1872 22.8139
sawn cleaved or bruted
61 Non-monetary powder of gold 0.0058 0.0053
62 Other 11.8413 8.6801 9.1341
63 Other articles of precious metal 1.1819 0.1076 0.2135
Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad
64 2.7051 2.1724 0.398
with precious metal.
65 Other articles of precious metal/rolled gold 0.0016 0.0098 0.0094
66 Other Coin 0.1153 0.0336 0.0326
Other imitation jewellery for personal
67 19.7499 15.6616 16.7673
adornment (other than artware)
Other imitation jewellery of base metals
68 15.9666 12.3061 12.8739
whether or not plated with precious metal
Other imitation jewellery of base metals
69 27.2776 21.0262 26.1259
whether or not plated with precious metal
Other industrial diamonds whether or not
70 0.0292 0.537 0.0369
worked, but not mounted or set
Other laboratory and industrial articles of
71 1.1803 0.0978 0.2041
precious metal or rolled gold
72 Other non-industrial diamonds 6184.84845911.87617404.6874
Other non-monetary semi manufactured forms
73
of gold
74 Other non-monetary unwrought forms of gold
 Other precious stones (e.g.aquamarine,
75 0.1055 0.7003 3.0914
chrisobaryle, topaz etc) uncut
76 Other semi precious stones, uncut 3.2341 6.6824 13.4882
77 Other stone cut (topaz, aquamarine etc) 112.3378 139.2017 149.889
Other synthetic/reconstructed precious/semi
78 2.2777 2.488 1.4945
precious stones
Other synthetic/reconstructed precious/semi
79 precious stones unworked/simply sawn/roughly 0.6132 0.7558 0.5058
shaped
80 Others 0.0273 0.5233 0.0352
81 Others 31.6611 103.9466 60.7056
Otherwise worked other precious and semi-
82 116.5781 150.6072 162.5748
precious stone
Otherwise worked rubies, sapphires and
83 69.9372 44.8188 34.1634
emeralds.
84 Palladium in other forms 6.3693 2.1119 1.2404
85 Palladium, unwrought or in powder form. 8.0819 0.6825 0.0009
Parts of article of jewellery of other precious
86 metal, whether or not plated or clad with 0.0072 0.1721 0.1535
precious metal
Parts of articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths'
87 0.002
wares of base metal clad wiht precious metal
Parts of articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths'
88 wares of silver, whether or not plated or clad 0.0735 0.1331 0.4791
with precious metal
Parts of articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths'
89 wares, whether or not plated or clad with 0.0013 0.2229
precious metal
Parts of articles of jewellery of base metal
90 (unfinished or incomplete articles) clad with 0.0013 0.0307 0.0159
precious metal
Parts of articles of jewellery of silver, whether
91 0.1317 0.6348 1.0324
or not plated or clad with other precious metal
Pearls, natural of cultured, whether or not
worked or graded but not strung, mounted or
92 2.5781 1.4466 2.9128
set; ungraded pearls, natural or cultured,
temporarily strung for convenience or transport.
93 Piezo electric quartz 0.0154 0.0209 0.1894
94 Platinum in other forms 0.8491 1.1722 0.3297
95 Platinum in powder form 0.1411 0.272 1.4462
96 Platinum unwrought incl. ingots 0.024 1.0208 0.4648
97 Platinum unwrought or in powder form. 0.1651 1.2928 1.911
Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured
98 16.875 5.5046 3.5029
forms, or in powder form
Precious stones (other than diamonds) and
semi-precious stones, whether ornot worked or
graded but not strung, mounted or set;
99 190.1258 202.9025 215.773
ungrated precious stones (other than
diamonds) and semi-precious stones,
temporarily strung for convenience of transport.
Precious stores(other than diamonds) and semi
100 precious stones unworked or simply sawn or 3.6105 7.4765 19.0347
roughly shaped
101 Rhodium, other 1.4097 0.2452 0.0209
102 Rhodium, unwrought or in powder form.
103 Rolled gold jewellery, set or unset 0.2206 0.2282 0.1614
104 Ruby and sapphire, uncut 0.0713 0.0094 0.1148
105 Ruby and sapphires cut 2.6599 3.6927 8.9939
106 Semi-manufactured silver. 0.0258 0.0271 0.099
107 Sheets, plates, strips, tubes & pipes of silver 0.0155 0.0535
Silver (including silver plated with gold or
108 platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured 0.0448 0.0735 0.1914
forms, or in powder form.
109 Silver filligree work 6.6182 10.5093 11.0433
110 Silver in powder form 0.0124 0.0463 0.0009
111 Silver jewellery other than filligree,unset 31.0964 38.7879 66.3003
112 Silver jewellery set with gems 2.9757 9.0446 9.2746
Sorted industrial diamonds unworked or simply
113 0.0063 0.0394 0.2665
sawn, cleaved or bruted
Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-
precious stones, whether or not worked or
graded but not strung, mounted or set;
114 2.9062 3.2647 2.1897
ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious
or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for
convenience of transport.
Unsorted diamonds whether or not worked,not
115 0.0045 0.0781
mounted or set
Unsorted industrial diamonds unworked or
116 0.0146 0.016 0.0024
simply sawn, cleaved or bruted
117 Unwrought silver 0.0066 0.0915
Waste and scrap of gold, incl. metal clad with
118 gold but excl. sweepings containing other 0.1703 0.0152
precious metals.
Waste and scrap of platinum, incl. metal clad
119 with platinum but excl. sweepings containing 0.0786 0.1883 0.0014
other precious metals.
Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal
120 0.3273 0.418 0.2343
clad with precious metal.
121 Waste and scrap of precious metal, other 0.2487 0.0595 0.2177
Currency: US $ Million Source: DGCIS

India's Country wise Exports

SI.No Product 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003
1 Albania 0.0026
2 Algeria
3 Angola 0.0304 0.0111
4 Argentina 0.3477 0.3256 0.3393
5 Armenia
6 Australia 29.1293 31.6818 43.7606
7 Austria 4.2585 3.366 2.9341
8 Azerbaijan 0.0023
9 Bahrain 5.9006
10 Bangladesh 0.5437 0.9924 0.3752
11 Belarus
12 Belgium 910.7119 865.0038 1028.5247
13 Benin 0.1588 0.0628 0.1109
14 Bhutan
15 Bolivia 0.0026 0.0108 0.0648
16 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0096 0.2881 0.2191
17 Botswana 0.0089
18 Brazil 0.672 0.929 0.6523
19 Bulgaria 0.0187 0.1034
20 Burkina Faso 0.0021 0.0077 0.013
21 Burunidi 0.0797
22 Cambodia 0.0027 0.0021 1.5667
23 Cameroon 0.019
24 Canada 29.0824 27.7111 29.5857
25 Chad 0.0049 0.0052 0.0104
26 Chile 0.0801 0.2091 0.2463
27 China 0.1818 0.6721 2.104
28 Colombia 0.0011 0.0043 0.4149
29 Congo Rep 0.0222 0.0136 0.0071
30 Costa Rica 0.0136
31 Croatia 0.2355 0.0058 0.0126
32 Cuba 0.0032 0.0064
33 Czech Rep. 0.137 0.1921 0.2161
34 Denmark 0.9256 1.8647 1.5587
35 Dominican Rep. 0.0007 0.0012
36 Ecuador 0.001 0.0098 0.0086
37 Egypt 0.5551 0.503 0.4894
38 El Salvador
39 Estonia 0.0193 0.024 0.0032
40 Ethiopia 0.3089
41 Finland 0.9822 1.2489 2.4847
42 France 33.5693 29.7744 29.3371
43 Gabon
44 Gautemala
45 Georgia 0.0222 0.481 0.8575
46 Germany 77.9675 61.9375 53.7081
47 Ghana 0.0825 0.0196 0.0551
48 Greece 0.7543 0.8858 1.6582
49 Guinea-Bassau
50 Haiti
51 Honduras 2.1326 0.1928 7.4229
52 Hong Kong 1748.3202 1689.3412 1884.8304
53 Hungary 0.0048 0.1116 0.0734
54 India
55 Indonesia 0.3314 0.1585 0.2169
56 Iran 0.7339 2.1352 0.1561
57 Iraq
58 Ireland 0.9719 2.1961 3.4443
59 Israel 274.1978 258.628 413.9042
60 Italy 34.0233 32.0168 30.6497
61 Ivory Coast 0.0058 0.0089 0.0107
62 Jamaica 0.5361 0.4891 0.5005
63 Japan 387.0294 382.6252 420.1709
64 Jordan 0.1179 0.2321 0.2975
65 Kazakhstan 0.0024 0.0031 0.0003
66 Kenya 0.0884 0.2514 0.6307
67 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 6.0726 4.438 5.5906
68 Kuwait 8.4413 9.0048 7.4444
69 Kygrz Rep. 2.2165 0.0072 0.0436
70 Lao P D R 0.0067
71 Latvia 0.0093 0.0082 0.3788
72 Lebanon 4.0591 4.1183 3.4967
73 Lesotho
74 Libya 0.02 0.0126
75 Lithunia 0.0053 0.0132 0.0617
76 Luxembourg 0.0259 0.015
77 Madagascar 0.004 0.0188 0.0061
78 Malawi 0.0007 0.0317
79 Malaysia 10.7345 10.266 14.8098
80 Maldives 0.0177 0.0026 0.0019
81 Mali 0.0706 0.0006 0.0823
82 Mauritius 0.6565
83 Mexico 0.6042 0.5744 0.5085
84 Moldova
85 Morocco
86 Mozambique 0.0001
87 Namibia 0.0041 0.0001 0.0242
88 Nepal 0.0336 0.0626 0.1039
89 Netherlands 10.3899 11.1688 12.4784
90 New Zealand 4.0231 4.5154 5.6807
91 Nicaragua 0.0041
92 Nigeria 0.9615 2.2451 1.4053
93 Norway 1.0886 0.9205 1.0932
94 Oman 0.8565 0.8572 2.2762
95 Pakistan 0.1754 0.0097 0.0009
96 Panama 0.2604 0.5167 0.3225
97 Papua New Guinea 0.0006 0.0004
98 Paraguay 0.0133 0.0208 0.0012
99 Peru 0.0061 0.0006 0.0246
100 Philppines 0.3513 0.203 0.6307
101 Poland 0.0993 0.1873 0.0507
102 Portugal 0.519 0.2973 0.563
103 Puerto Rico 0.0377 0.0003 0.0064
104 Republic of Korea 4.9217 8.6189 7.8095
105 Romania 0.0027 0.0755 0.0361
106 Russia 2.881 0.8273 0.8634
107 Rwanda
108 Senegal 0.0821 0.0801 0.2706
109 Singapore 121.7066 123.9816 260.4733
110 Slovak Republic 1241.4065 1169.969
111 Slovenia 0.0201 0.0053 0.0694
112 South Africa 2.7901 16.1935 6.2489
113 Spain 13.5408 12.9539 14.8821
114 Srilanka 2.3373 1.333 1.4237
115 Sudan 0.338 0.147 0.2698
116 Sweden 3.6658 5.3617 7.2284
117 Switzerland 143.3983 121.3638 118.8112
118 Syria Arab Rep. 0.0848 0.0008 0.039
119 Taiwan 6.6188 5.0739 12.6516
120 Tajikistan
121 Tanzania 0.103 0.6178 1.3759
122 Thailand 190.8861 238.4102 234.2034
123 Togo 0.0037 0.0961 0.0135
124 Trinidad & Tobago 0.0228 0.0976 0.4143
125 Tunisia 0.0195 0.2408 0.0144
126 Turkey 1.4225 0.9864 1.6026
127 Turkmenistan 0.0153 0.0107 0.0047
128 UK 149.1006 174.5455 210.0823
129 Uganda 0.0664 0.0324 0.0597
130 Ukraine 0.007 0.2337 1.1306
131 United Arab Emirates 444.3111 546.4051 666.3678
132 Uruguay 0.0186 0.0474 0.0325
133 USA 2746.7212 2647.9774 3379.6951
134 Uzbekistan 0.0129
135 Venezuela 0.0077 0.0209 0.2114
136 Vietnam 0.0229 0.018 0.0752
137 Yemen Arab Rep. 0.2101 0.2756 0.3639
138 Yugoslavia 0.0155 0.0093
139 Zambia 0.0156 0.0282 2.0809
140 Zimbabwe 0.0011 0.0008 0.0751
Currency: US $ Million

India's Cumulative Export

April'2002 - April'2003 -
I.NoProduct
August'2002 August'2003
1 Agate cut 0.9964
2 Agate uncut 0.0064
3 All other semi manufactured forms of silver 0.0379
Articles of goldsmith's or silversmith's wares and
4 0.0008 0.0004
parts thereof of base metal clad with precious metal.
Articles of goldsmith's or silversmith's wares and
5 parts thereof of other precious metal, whether or not 0.2838 0.7259
plated or clad with precious metal.
Articles of goldsmith's or silversmith's wares and
6 parts thereof of silver, whether or not plated or clad 2.5421 2.5976
with other precious metal.
Articles of goldsmith's or silversmith's wares and
7 parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with 2.8267 3.3239
precious metal.
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof of base metal
8 0.0188 0.0135
clad with precious metal
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof of other
9 precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with 468.288 495.1496
precious metal.
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof of silver,
10 whether or not plated or clad with other precious 31.0306 39.0112
metal.
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious
11 499.3374 534.1743
metal or of metal clad with precious metal.
Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or
12 semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or 2.3126 3.1407
reconstructed).
13 Articles of natural/cultured pearls 0.0025
Articles of precious or semi precious stones (natural,
14 2.3101 3.1407
synthetic/reconstructed)
Bangles of base metals whether or not plated with
15 1.3307
precious metal
Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than
16 0.0007 0.0016
semi-manufactured
Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further
17 0.0165
worked than semi-manufactud
18 Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not 0.006 0.0301
 further worked than semi-manufactured.
19 Catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill, of platinum 0.1814 0.0009
20 Chaloidony cut 0.0034
21 Coin (excl. gold) not being legal tender 0.0026 0.0061
22 Coin. 0.0286 0.0089
23 Crushed industrial diamonds 0.0013
Cuff links & studs of base metal whether or not
24 0.5774 0.9797
plated with precious metal
25 Cultured pearls unworked 0.0289 0.0868
26 Cultured pearls worked 0.3062 1.0984
Diamond (other than industrial diamond) cut or
27 2936.8234
otherwise worked but not mounted or set
Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted
28 2978.6157 3131.736
or set.
29 Dust and powder of diamonds 4.1286 2.1213
Dust and powder of natural or synthetic precious or
30 4.1615 2.1595
semi-precious stones.
31 Dust and powder of other precious stones 0.0329 0.0382
32 Emeralds, uncut 0.2066
33 Emerals, cut 9.9028
34 Felspar (moon stone) cut 4.1792
35 Felspar (moon stone) uncut 0.0006 0.9124
36 Garnet cut 0.7488
37 Garnet uncut 0.0003
38 German silver jewellery 0.1179
Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought
39 0.0096
or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form.
40 Green aventurine, uncut
Imitation jewellery of base metal, whether or not
41 16.3318 17.3421
plated with precious metal
Industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn,
42 0.0351 0.0178
cleaved or bruted.
43 Iridium, osmium and ruthenium, other.
Iridium, osmium and ruthenium, unwrought or in
44
powder form.
45 Jewellery of gold set with diamonds 242.7406
46 Jewellery of gold set with pearls 39.5204
Jewellery of gold set with precious and semi
47 10.6526
precious stones other than diamonds
48 Jewellery of gold unset 173.605
49 Jewellery of platinum group metals unset 1.7354
Jewellery set with imitation pearls or imitation or
50 3.3681
synthetic stones
51 Manufactures of gold 0.0488
52 Manufactures of platinim group metals 0.0138
53 Manufactures of rolled gold
Manufactures of silver whether or not plated or clad
54 2.1537
with precious metal
55 Monetary gold
56 Natural (real) pearls unworked 0.0948
57 Natural (real) pearls worked 0.8159
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious
58 stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious 3593.4695 3761.7251
metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin.
59 Natural pearls 0.9106 0.3908
60 Non-industrial diamonds unworked/simply sawn 16.817 1.4211
 cleaved or bruted
61 Non-monetary powder of gold 0.0053
62 Other 3.9541
63 Other articles of precious metal 0.1262 0.1065
Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with
64 0.3076 0.1073
precious metal.
65 Other articles of precious metal/rolled gold 0.0093
66 Other Coin 0.026 0.0028
Other imitation jewellery for personal adornment
67 6.9835
(other than artware)
Other imitation jewellery of base metals whether or
68 5.2849 9.0093
not plated with precious metal
Other imitation jewellery of base metals whether or
69 10.4695 7.3531
not plated with precious metal
Other industrial diamonds whether or not worked, but
70 0.0294 0.0881
not mounted or set
Other laboratory and industrial articles of precious
71 0.1169
metal or rolled gold
72 Other non-industrial diamonds 2961.6938 3130.2041
Other non-monetary semi manufactured forms of
73
gold
74 Other non-monetary unwrought forms of gold 0.0096
Other precious stones (e.g.aquamarine,
75 0.2697
chrisobaryle, topaz etc) uncut
76 Other semi precious stones, uncut 6.8214 1.0947
77 Other stone cut (topaz, aquamarine etc) 60.2792
Other synthetic/reconstructed precious/semi
78 0.8072 1.2594
precious stones
Other synthetic/reconstructed precious/semi
79 precious stones unworked/simply sawn/roughly 0.1251 0.1519
shaped
80 Others 0.0281
81 Others 24.8704
Otherwise worked other precious and semi-precious
82 66.2071 49.2768
stone
83 Otherwise worked rubies, sapphires and emeralds. 13.0532 11.0477
84 Palladium in other forms 0.0829
85 Palladium, unwrought or in powder form. 0.0009
Parts of article of jewellery of other precious metal,
86 0.0339
whether or not plated or clad with precious metal
Parts of articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares
87 0.0008
of base metal clad wiht precious metal
Parts of articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares
88 of silver, whether or not plated or clad with precious 0.3884
metal
Parts of articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares,
89 0.2212
whether or not plated or clad with precious metal
Parts of articles of jewellery of base metal
90 (unfinished or incomplete articles) clad with precious 0.0045
metal
Parts of articles of jewellery of silver, whether or not
91 0.2978
plated or clad with other precious metal
Pearls, natural of cultured, whether or not worked or
graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded
92 1.2458 1.5761
pearls, natural or cultured, temporarily strung for
convenience or transport.
93 Piezo electric quartz 0.0116
94 Platinum in other forms 0.0682 0.3089
95 Platinum in powder form 1.4462
96 Platinum unwrought incl. ingots 0.4612
97 Platinum unwrought or in powder form. 0.4612 0.5223
Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms,
98 0.6123 0.8525
or in powder form
Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-
precious stones, whether ornot worked or graded but
99 not strung, mounted or set; ungrated precious stones 86.568 65.5109
(other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones,
temporarily strung for convenience of transport.
Precious stores(other than diamonds) and semi
100 precious stones unworked or simply sawn or roughly 7.3077 5.1864
shaped
101 Rhodium, other 0.0209
102 Rhodium, unwrought or in powder form. 0.0213
103 Rolled gold jewellery, set or unset 0.0143
104 Ruby and sapphire, uncut 0.0027
105 Ruby and sapphires cut 3.1504
106 Semi-manufactured silver. 0.0517 0.1718
107 Sheets, plates, strips, tubes & pipes of silver 0.0139
Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum),
108 unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in 0.1422 0.2046
powder form.
109 Silver filligree work 5.6882
110 Silver in powder form 0.0006 0.0329
111 Silver jewellery other than filligree,unset 23.3378
112 Silver jewellery set with gems 1.7067
Sorted industrial diamonds unworked or simply
113 0.0327
sawn, cleaved or bruted
Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious
stones, whether or not worked or graded but not
114 strung, mounted or set; ungraded synthetic or 0.9323 1.4229
reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones,
temporarily strung for convenience of transport.
Unsorted diamonds whether or not worked,not
115 0.0404 0.0048
mounted or set
Unsorted industrial diamonds unworked or simply
116 0.0024
sawn, cleaved or bruted
117 Unwrought silver 0.0898
Waste and scrap of gold, incl. metal clad with gold
118 but excl. sweepings containing other precious 0.0151
metals.
Waste and scrap of platinum, incl. metal clad with
119 platinum but excl. sweepings containing other 0.0014
precious metals.
Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad
120 0.0404 0.1075
with precious metal.
121 Waste and scrap of precious metal, other 0.0253
Currency: US $ Million Source: DGCIS
India's Country wise Cumulative Exports
SI.No Countries April'2002 - August'2002 April'2003 - August'2003
1 Albania 0.0104
2 Algeria
3 Angola 0.1216
4 Argentina 1.103 1.2976
5 Armenia
6 Australia 114.2818 126.3048
7 Austria 16.3612 13.3768
8 Azerbaijan
9 Bahrain 7.4959
10 Bangladesh 2.0453 3.9695
11 Belarus
12 Belgium 3527.1543 3446.6283
13 Benin 0.6146 0.2512
14 Bhutan
15 Bolivia 0.0104 0.0435
16 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0.0384 1.1521
17 Botswana
18 Brazil 2.645 3.7156
19 Bulgaria 0.0748
20 Burkina Faso 0.0084 0.0231
21 Burunidi
22 Cambodia 0.0108 0.0084
23 Cameroon
24 Canada 110.9273 110.8192
25 Chad 0.0196 0.021
26 Chile 0.3087 0.8361
27 China 0.7269 2.6721
28 Colombia 0.0044 0.0169
29 Congo Rep 0.0873 0.0544
30 Costa Rica
31 Croatia 0.9422 0.0232
32 Cuba 0.0128
33 Czech Rep. 0.5426 0.7618
34 Denmark 3.5716 7.4561
35 Dominican Rep. 0.0028
36 Ecuador 0.004 0.0392
37 Egypt 2.2218 2.0065
38 El Salvador
39 Estonia 0.0776 0.0961
40 Ethiopia 0.2701
41 Finland 3.7306 4.8395
42 France 127.2616 119.0817
43 Gabon
44 Gautemala
45 Georgia 0.0882 1.9239
46 Germany 290.6726 244.7743
47 Ghana 0.321 0.0784
48 Greece 2.9208 3.5432
49 Guinea-Bassau
50 Haiti
51 Honduras 8.5384 0.7712
52 Hong Kong 6563.8654 6739.4963
53 Hungary 0.0192 0.4467
54 India
55 Indonesia 1.283 0.6326
56 Iran 1.0615 6.4757
57 Iraq
58 Ireland 3.3606 7.9896
59 Israel 1059.9634 1033.1304
60 Italy 132.7273 127.6321
61 Ivory Coast 0.023 0.0356
62 Jamaica 2.1453 1.9565
63 Japan 1515.1471 1529.9137
64 Jordan 0.472 0.7191
65 Kazakhstan 0.0096 0.0124
66 Kenya 0.3273 0.9944
67 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 23.6065 17.7042
68 Kuwait 32.7057 36.0175
69 Kygrz Rep. 8.8702 0.0288
70 Lao P D R
71 Latvia 0.0372 0.0328
72 Lebanon 15.6592 16.4737
73 Lesotho
74 Libya 0.08
75 Lithunia 0.0212 0.0486
76 Luxembourg 0.1037
77 Madagascar 0.016 0.0753
78 Malawi 0.0024
79 Malaysia 42.6393 41.0546
80 Maldives 0.0704 0.0104
81 Mali 0.283 0.0024
82 Mauritius 2.4458
83 Mexico 2.2465 2.2974
84 Moldova
85 Morocco
86 Mozambique
87 Namibia 0.0164 0.0004
88 Nepal 0.1342 0.245
89 Netherlands 40.9509 44.5957
90 New Zealand 15.3324 18.0577
91 Nicaragua
92 Nigeria 3.4085 8.9778
93 Norway 4.1901 3.6821
94 Oman 3.3711 3.4289
95 Pakistan 0.7027 0.0388
96 Panama 0.958 2.067
97 Papua New Guinea 0.0024 0.0016
98 Paraguay 0.0266 0.0832
99 Peru 0.0199 0.0024
100 Philppines 1.3317 0.8119
101 Poland 0.379 0.7491
102 Portugal 2.068 1.1894
103 Puerto Rico 0.1505 0.0012
104 Republic of Korea 18.8981 34.4756
105 Romania 0.0108 0.302
106 Russia 10.9504 3.3092
107 Rwanda 0.0068
108 Senegal 0.3285 0.3205
109 Singapore 472.5838 495.7189
110 Slovak Republic 4701.1212 266.4831
111 Slovenia 0.0588 0.0212
112 South Africa 10.9865 64.7593
113 Spain 51.3133 51.7884
114 Srilanka 9.1667 5.3102
115 Sudan 1.1832 0.5881
116 Sweden 14.3654 21.4468
117 Switzerland 529.1655 484.5679
118 Syria Arab Rep. 0.3299 0.0032
119 Taiwan 24.9183 20.2956
120 Tajikistan
121 Tanzania 0.3977 2.4709
122 Thailand 739.9866 953.323
123 Togo 0.0143 0.3841
124 Trinidad & Tobago 0.0915 0.3902
125 Tunisia 0.0782 0.9632
126 Turkey 5.43 3.928
127 Turkmenistan 0.0612 0.0428
128 UK 566.0664 696.9908
129 Uganda 0.2618 0.1285
130 Ukraine 0.028 0.9348
131 United Arab Emirates 1669.3825 2180.6607
132 Uruguay 0.0744 0.1893
133 USA 10549.7107 10589.3915
134 Uzbekistan 0.0516
135 Venezuela 0.0149 0.0839
136 Vietnam 0.0918 0.072
137 Yemen Arab Rep. 0.8322 1.1024
138 Yugoslavia 0.062
139 Zambia 0.0614 0.1128
140 Zimbabwe 0.0044 0.0032
Currency: US $ Million Source: DGCIS

Top Ten Destinations of India's Export for Gems & Jewellery

2000 - 2001 Value 2001 - 2002 Value 2002 - 2003 Value
RankCountry Name
(In Million US$) (In Million US$) (In Million US$)
1 USA 2746.7212 2647.9774 3379.6951
2 Hong Kong 1748.3202 1689.3412 1884.8304
Belgium-
3 910.7119 865.0038 1028.5247
Luxembourg
4 UAE 444.3111 546.4051 666.3678
5 Japan 387.0294 382.6252 420.1709
6 Israel 274.1978 258.628 413.9042
7 Singapore 121.7066 123.9816 260.4733
8 Thailand 190.8861 238.4102 234.2034
9 UK 149.1006 174.5455 210.0823
10 Switzerland 143.3983 121.3638 118.8112
Source: DGCI&S
Organization Details
Contact
Organization Name Telephone No.
Person
The Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion 91-22-23821801, 91-22- Mr. V. S. A.
Council 23821806 Sury