China to drive diamond industry growth
Friday, September 19, 2014
According to the Diamond Insight Report released by De Beers this week, the USA is still the largest buyer of diamonds but the Chinese market is experiencing phenomenal growth.
As a result of the growth, the share of polished diamonds sold in jewellery to Chinese consumers grew from barely three percent in 2003 to just over 13 percent of global demand in 2013.
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