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Who buys Belgium’s diamonds? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Belgium exported $8.9 billion of diamonds (54 tonnes), 12% of the world total. Its main destinations were India (21%), the United Arab Emirates (18%) and the United States (17%). Belgium was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of diamonds.

Summary

Value
$8.9billion
Tonnes
54tonnes
Share of world total
12%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
India1.9Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $678,627,96021.1%Air
United Arab Emirates1.6Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $669,236,24318.1%Air
United States1.5Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $14,438,054,81017.1%Air
Hong Kong re-exports0.82Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $4,606,262,7539.2%Air
China0.74Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $3,508,985,0478.4%Air
Israel0.62Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,859,893,2167%Air
Italy0.4Tonnes: 4USD per tonne: $102,450,7464.5%Air
France0.32Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $29,738,6313.6%Land
Switzerland0.31Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $3,853,815,9883.5%Air
Japan0.11Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,447,261,1301.3%Air
United Kingdom0.1Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $663,769,2701.1%Air
Thailand0.06Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,321,822,3330.63%Air
Cambodia0.05Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,021,317,2290.55%Air
Germany0.04Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $50,783,2230.42%Land
Vietnam0.04Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $903,337,0730.42%Air
Botswana0.03Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $942,320,2860.37%Air
Singapore re-exports0.03Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,193,001,0770.35%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.02Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $38,089,6890.22%Land
Spain0.02Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $2,243,3380.21%Air
Lebanon0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $593,922,4000.17%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 2024

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • India 1.9
  • United Arab Emirates 1.6
  • United States 1.5
  • Hong Kong 0.82
  • China 0.74

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India1.51.9
United Arab Emirates0.041.6
United States1.51.5
Hong Kong0.470.82
China0.060.74

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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