| TABLE 6 |
| UNITED
KINGDOM: IMPORTS OF DIAMOND1 |
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1999 |
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2000 |
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2001 |
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2002 |
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Quantity |
Value |
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Quantity |
Value |
|
Quantity |
Value |
|
Quantity |
Value |
| Grade
|
|
(thousand carats) |
(thousand dollars) |
|
(thousand carats) |
(thousand dollars) |
|
(thousand carats) |
(thousand dollars) |
|
(thousand carats) |
(thousand dollars) |
| Unsorted |
|
|
4,677 |
239,180 |
|
5,561 |
340,249 |
|
587 |
49,708 |
|
1,795 |
126,264 |
| Gem: |
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|
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|
|
|
|
| Rough |
|
151,651 |
5,738,628 |
|
79,692 |
6,531,685 |
|
81,303 |
6,612,276 |
|
70,336 |
4,858,323 |
| Cut |
|
4,810 |
989,282 |
|
6,423 |
1,086,032 |
|
4,396 |
975,125 |
|
5,132 |
1,246,848 |
| Industrial |
|
8,406 |
17,994 |
|
16,209 |
28,029 |
|
7,345 |
19,364 |
|
7,802 |
18,360 |
| Dust |
|
64,954 |
20,007 |
|
98,133 |
23,804 |
|
74,756 |
22,398 |
|
68,359 |
17,116 |
| Total |
|
234,498 |
7,035,091 |
|
206,018 |
8,009,799 |
|
168,387 |
7,678,871 |
|
153,424 |
6,266,911 |
| 1Where necessary, values have been converted from United Kingdom
pounds (£) to U.S. dollars ($) at the rate of £1.00=US$1.57. |
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| Source: British Geological Survey, United Kingdom
Minerals Yearbook 2003, March 2004, p. 47. |
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