Table 2. 5. 5 : Other
precious or semi-precious stones, shaped
Exports and imports
SITC Rev.3 : 667.31
HS : 7103.10
| Exports (million US $) | Imports (million US $) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| WORLD | 265.4 | 392.4 | 343.3 | 329.4 | 234.6 | 227.9 | 380.3 | 380.2 | 372.3 | 383.7 | 316.0 | 316.5 |
| DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES | 76.9 | 113.2 | 99.7 | 102.8 | 87.3 | 78.8 | 155.4 | 129.1 | 144.0 | 137.4 | 99.6 | 124.3 |
| AMERICA | 10.8 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 22.6 | 21.2 | 31.4 | 43.2 | 40.6 | 46.6 | 51.5 | 40.6 | 62.4 |
| Canada | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| United States | 9.9 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 21.7 | 20.6 | 31.3 | 42.2 | 39.3 | 45.1 | 50.4 | 38.6 | 59.9 |
| EUROPE | 44.3 | 65.5 | 47.9 | 46.9 | 32.6 | 30.4 | 74.9 | 66.8 | 86.7 | 59.2 | 50.5 | 50.4 |
| European Union 15 | 27.7 | 31.3 | 21.9 | 33.1 | 22.9 | 25.9 | 57.4 | 38.7 | 46.9 | 53.0 | 42.1 | 44.5 |
| Austria | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
| Belgium-Luxembourg | 2.2 | 14.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.9 |
| Denmark | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Finland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| France | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| Germany | 18.2 | 11.8 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 36.8 | 28.7 | 28.2 | 31.1 | 25.4 | 25.2 |
| Greece | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Ireland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Italy | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| Netherlands | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Portugal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Spain | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Sweden | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| United Kingdom | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 13.5 | 4.2 | 12.5 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Other Europe | 16.6 | 34.2 | 26.0 | 13.8 | 9.7 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 28.1 | 39.8 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 5.9 |
| Norway | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Switzerland | 16.5 | 34.2 | 26.0 | 13.8 | 9.7 | 4.5 | 17.4 | 28.0 | 39.7 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 5.9 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 2.3 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| ASIA | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 33.9 | 18.3 | 6.9 | 23.7 | 4.7 | 8.4 |
| Israel | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.8 | 12.6 | 2.7 | 18.3 | 0.1 | 3.7 |
| Japan | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| OCEANIA | 19.3 | 28.0 | 34.7 | 28.8 | 31.0 | 14.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| Australia | 19.3 | 28.0 | 34.5 | 28.8 | 31.0 | 14.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| New Zealand | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES | 186.1 | 278.5 | 238.4 | 226.2 | 147.0 | 149.0 | 219.9 | 249.8 | 227.8 | 245.7 | 215.8 | 191.0 |
| AMERICA | 18.7 | 112.9 | 92.0 | 60.4 | 37.6 | 42.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Argentina | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Bolivia | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Brazil | 11.9 | 17.3 | 20.4 | 23.3 | 27.0 | 33.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Chile | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Colombia | 5.7 | 92.9 | 69.1 | 34.6 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Mexico | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Peru | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Uruguay | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Venezuela | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| AFRICA | 8.5 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 14.5 | 18.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.5 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 14.5 | 18.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Democratic Rep. of the Congo | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kenya | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Madagascar | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mauritius | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Zambia | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ASIA | 158.9 | 154.8 | 136.9 | 155.8 | 94.9 | 87.7 | 218.8 | 248.2 | 227.1 | 244.8 | 214.8 | 190.3 |
| West Asia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Cyprus | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Turkey | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Other Asia | 158.9 | 154.8 | 136.9 | 155.8 | 94.8 | 87.7 | 218.7 | 247.4 | 226.6 | 244.0 | 213.7 | 189.2 |
| Cambodia | 130.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| China | 3.2 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 45.0 | 67.3 | 46.6 | 57.0 | 51.7 | 31.5 |
| Hong Kong, China | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 49.8 | 59.2 | 61.7 | 75.8 | 71.0 | 55.8 |
| India | 8.2 | 4.9 | 9.0 | 21.4 | 24.7 | 9.4 | 62.0 | 43.6 | 41.4 | 48.8 | 48.5 | 74.9 |
| Korea, Republic of | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Malaysia | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Myanmar | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pakistan | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Philippines | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Singapore | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Taiwan, Province of China | 3.4 | 26.7 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 18.6 | 29.4 | 32.1 | 28.4 | 8.7 | 7.1 |
| Thailand | 9.3 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 18.0 | 24.2 | 36.6 | 42.6 | 39.3 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 16.8 |
| EUROPE | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Slovenia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE | 2.4 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Czech Republic | - | 0.1 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Lithuania | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Poland | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| Romania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Slovakia | - | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |