The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), the umbrella organization of the Antwerp diamond industry, participated from 24 to 28 March in the Belgian State Visit to South Korea, where they co-organized an event to highlight a new partnership between Antwerp and Korea’s leading jewelery brand, Golden dew. During the State Visit, and in honor of…
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【int’l】HRD Antwerp Introducing Rough Diamond Management Course
HRD Antwerp, Europe’s leading reference for diamond and gemology education, diamond certification and grading, this summer (June 3-7) is launching a course in Rough Diamond Management and Production Control. The course will introduce the business concepts required to acquire and trade rough diamonds, foremost among which are various techniques for determining the value of rough…
【int’l】Antwerp Diamond Trade Balanced in 2018
The Antwerp diamond trade was nothing if not balanced in 2018. The industry traded a total of $46 billion in 2018, representing an increase of less than a percentage point over 2017 ($45.9 billion). The value of value of the goods flowing in and out of Antwerp was once again divided equally between rough and…
【int’l】Indian Bank ICICI To Close Antwerp Branch
In a letter circulated to clients just before the turn of the year, India’s ICICI Bank UK Limited (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) announced it will be shutting down its branch in Antwerp effective March 29, 2019, bringing an end to its diamond trade financing. The last working day of the branch will…
【int’l】HRD Antwerp To Set Up Jewelry Grading Lab in Dubai
HRD Antwerp, a European leading authority in diamond certification, has entered a partnership with Dubai-based jewellery retailer Stargems Group to certify their entire jewelry inventory through the establishment of a diamond jewelry grading lab. This cooperation will ultimately ensure the transparency and authenticity of each jewelry piece, HRD Antwerp announced today in a statement. As…
【Int’l】CARAT+ Diamond Event Postponed
The third edition of CARAT+, a diamond-centred event in Antwerp scheduled for February 10-12 2019, has been postponed due to a lack of commitment to participate on the part of exhibitors and visitors, the organizers announced today. Due to the lack on confirmed participants with the event being less than four months away, the organizer…
【Int’l】Antwerp Polished Diamond Trade Books Value Gains in Slow August
The polished-diamond trade in Antwerp rode a higher average price per carat, particularly for exports (+6%), to solid value gains during the traditionally slow month of August, when the industry takes a three-week hiatus. The volume of rough goods traded during the month declined notably without having much impact on the overall value of those…
【國際】2017年安特衛普鑽石貿易放緩
比利時上年度鑽石貿易量下跌，全國裸鑽及原石出貨量均顯示下降。 據安特衛普世界鑽石中心（AWDC）報導，本年度裸鑽出口下降3.4％至114億美元。按出貨量計，出口下滑8％至500萬克拉，而平均價格則攀升4.6％至每克拉2276美元。裸鑽淨出口（即出口減去進口）下跌34％至269.2百萬美元。 「全球裸鑽需求低迷……但我們注意到，中國、美國等重要市場的需求正逐漸恢復，」AWDC表示，「因此，裸鑽市場雖繼續遇到困難，但下降幅度並不如去年明顯。」 雖然原石進口下降11％至107.3億美元，但成交量上升6％至9530萬克拉，反映平均價格下滑16％至每克拉113美元。該組織解釋，去年對較小、較便宜的原石的需求增加，導致全球市場平均價格下降。 原石出口下跌0.9％至126.1億美元，原石淨進口（即出口減去進口）為18.8億美元，而去年同期則為負3.8億美元。 比利時淨鑽石交易（即出口減去進口）較上年度的10.5億美元翻倍至21.5億美元。 （2018年2月13日，資料來源：Rough & Polished）