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Where does the United Arab Emirates get its diamonds? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Arab Emirates imported $10.2 billion of diamonds (8 thousand tonnes), 13.7% of the world total. Its main sources were Hong Kong (20%), India (19%) and Belgium (16%). The United Arab Emirates was the world’s 4th-largest importer of diamonds.

Summary

Value
$10.2billion
Tonnes
8thousand tonnes
Share of world total
13.7%
World rank
4th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Hong Kong re-exports2.1Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $729,808,69920.4%Air
India1.9Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $1,279,633,67318.9%Air
Belgium re-exports1.6Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $669,236,24315.9%Air
Angola1.2Tonnes: 7,971USD per tonne: $149,19111.7%Air
South Africa1.1Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $1,615,060,46011.1%Air
United States0.85Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $5,697,453,7728.4%Air
Armenia0.31Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $494,187,4173.1%Air
Israel0.2Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $816,386,8612%Air
Lebanon0.18Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $817,398,3011.8%Air
Zimbabwe0.16Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $123,172,4941.6%Air
Namibia0.16Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $682,654,7001.6%Air
China0.15Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $729,685,6821.4%Air
Switzerland0.09Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.93%Sea
Thailand0.05Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,811,107,8460.46%Air
Singapore re-exports0.02Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $309,370,2090.17%Air
Japan0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,497,108,4440.13%Air
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $6,582,9840.13%Air
Sri Lanka0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $528,298,9090.11%Air
Turkey0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $172,985,5080.1%Air
Australia0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.1%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Hong Kong has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Hong Kong 2.1
  • India 1.9
  • Belgium 1.6
  • Angola 1.2
  • South Africa 1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Hong Kong0.032.1
India0.011.9
Belgium0.041.6
Angola01.2
South Africa< 0.011.1

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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