TABLE 6
UNITED KINGDOM:  IMPORTS 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     4,677 239,180 5,561 340,249 587 49,708 1,795 126,264
Gem:
Rough 151,651 5,738,628 79,692 6,531,685 81,303 6,612,276 70,336 4,858,323
Cut 4,810 989,282 6,423 1,086,032 4,396 975,125 5,132 1,246,848
Industrial 8,406 17,994 16,209 28,029 7,345 19,364 7,802 18,360
Dust 64,954 20,007   98,133 23,804   74,756 22,398   68,359 17,116
Total   234,498 7,035,091 206,018 8,009,799 168,387 7,678,871 153,424 6,266,911
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.