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Who buys the United Arab Emirates’ diamonds? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates exported $7.8 billion of diamonds (12 tonnes), 10.5% of the world total. India bought 71% of the total, followed by Hong Kong (18%) and Israel (6%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of diamonds.

Summary

Value
$7.8billion
Tonnes
12tonnes
Share of world total
10.5%
World rank
3rd
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
India5.5Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $501,907,30870.7%Air
Hong Kong re-exports1.4Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $2,529,934,91117.9%Air
Israel0.46Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $982,032,8475.9%Air
Belgium re-exports0.23Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $692,307,5203%Air
United States0.1Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $24,489,311,0001.3%Air
Lebanon0.04Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $978,636,2500.5%Air
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,349,755,5450.19%Air
Switzerland0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.17%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $7,112,484,0000.09%Air
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $676,474,8000.09%Air
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $484,215,5560.06%Air
China< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $652,941,5000.05%Air
Bahrain< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $28,000,0310.04%Air
Sri Lanka< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,465,859,0000.03%Air
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.01%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $61,202,1820.01%Air
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $101,678,8000.01%Air
Mauritius< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $52,806,5560.01%Air
Tunisia< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.01%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5,757,0900%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 2008

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

  • India 5.5
  • Hong Kong 1.4
  • Israel 0.46
  • Belgium 0.23
  • United States 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India< 0.015.5
Hong Kong< 0.011.4
Israel00.46
Belgium0.010.23
United States< 0.010.1

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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