TABLE 5
UNITED KINGDOM:  EXPORTS OF DIAMOND1
 
  1999   2000   2001   2002
Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value
Grade (thousand carats) (thousand dollars) (thousand carats) (thousand dollars)   (thousand carats) (thousand dollars)   (thousand carats) (thousand dollars)
Unsorted   2,784 242,843   8,616 626,155 4,031 447,882 NA 430,678
Gem:
Rough 63,338 4,517,638 61,757 5,576,720 89,543 5,894,276 86,681 5,877,830
Cut 1,706 619,601 795 563,486 900 644,169 395 748
Industrial 29,979 36,309 27,031 43,803 11,861 29,904 7,837 27,002
Dust 49,035 17,989   NA 22,533   88,613 21,457   NA 18,882
Total   146,842 5,434,380   98,199 6,823,697   194,948 6,590,253   94,913 5,924,462
NA Not available.
1Where necessary, values have been converted from United Kingdom pounds (£) to U.S. dollars ($) at the rate of £1.00=US$1.57.
Source:  British Geological Survey, United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2003, March 2004, p. 47.