Diamond exports rise in February
Thursday, June 15, 2017
In February this year, the country exported P6.35 billion worth of diamonds, indicating a 16.4% increase from P5.45 billion over the corresponding month last year, according to recent data from Statistics Botswana (SB).
More telling, however, is that February diamond exports increased 7.2% or P424.2 million to P6.35 billion from P5.92 billion in January 2017.
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