Jewellery Export

Govt slashes down drawback rates on exports of gold, silver jewellery

The government has reduced the drawback rates on exports of gold and silver jewellery by more than half to adjust for the significant cut in import duties on these precious metals in the Budget. A notification regarding this was issued by the Department of Revenue. On the export of gold jewellery, the drawback rate has been brought down to Rs 335.5 from Rs 704.1 per gram of net gold content in the article. The rate of silver jewellery and articles of silver have been cut to Rs 4,468 per kilogram of net gold content in an article. The Duty Drawback Scheme refunds import duties and internal taxes, which are paid while importing goods, which are, in turn, used for manufacturing products for exports. In the Budget, the import duty on gold and silver to 6 per cent from 15 per cent. Through this notification, "duty drawback on gold and silver jewellery was reduced as the duty on gold and silver lowered in the budget", Federation of Indian Export Organisations Director General Ajay Sahai

Senco Gold Q3 results: Profit after tax increases 6% at Rs 109.32 crore

Jewellery retailer Senco Gold has reported a 5.8 per cent growth in consolidated profit after tax at Rs 109.32 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. The company's profit after tax (PAT) stood at Rs 103.35 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, the jewellery retailer said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The company's revenue from operations grew by 23.3 per cent during the quarter under review at Rs 1,652.20 crore, compared to Rs 1,339.63 crore in the same period of the previous year. "Our consistent performance demonstrates our robust execution capability, operational prudence and financial rigour. We achieved the highest-ever third quarter revenue of Rs 1,652 crore recording quarter-on-quarter (QOQ) growth of 43 per cent and year-on-year (YoY) growth of 23 per cent... "The new showroom launches of 18 so far have also led to investment in working capital out of our internal accruals, IPO funds and incremental borrowing. We thus remain dedicated t

Gem, jewellery exports decline 11.49% to Rs 22,873 cr in Oct: GJEPC data

India's overall gems and jewellery exports declined by 11.49 per cent to Rs 22,873.19 crore (USD 2,748.01 million) in October, according to the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) data. The gross exports stood at Rs 25,843.84 crore (USD 3,134.85 million) during October 2022, the data showed. Cut and Polished Diamonds (CPD) exports witnessed a fall of 32.70 per cent to Rs 10,495.06 crore (USD 1,260.91 million) in the previous month compared to Rs 15,594.49 crore (USD 1,891.2 million) in the year-ago period. Gross export of polished Lab Grown Diamonds (LGD) in October dropped by 23.01 per cent to Rs 1,135.16 crore (USD 136.38 million) against Rs 1,474.38 crore (USD 178.73 million) in the corresponding month of 2022. "The overall gems and jewellery exports were down in October mainly due to slowdown in demand in key markets like the US and supply constraints of diamond, which constitutes 50 per cent of the total shipments. We are hoping the markets pick up during the ..

Global slowdown may take sheen off gems & jewellery industry in Rajasthan

The overseas demand has also shifted to light-weight stone-studded jewellery, of both precious and non-precious stones

Israel-Palestine conflict not likely to impact gem, jewellery sector: GJEPC

Rising tension between Israel and Palestine is not likely to have any adverse impact on the gem and jewellery industry's exports, GJEPC has said. India has witnessed substantial exports of gem and jewellery to Israel, amounting to USD 1,279.76 million in 2022-23, according to data by the Gem Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). It is significant to note that Israel being a very important trading centre exports rough diamonds to the tune of USD 1,782.80 million, it added. "Israel primarily serves as a re-export market. While the ongoing situation in Israel is of grave concern to us, we express our solidarity with the Israeli diamond trade during this hour of crisis for their nation. It is too early to definitively assess the impact and we are keeping a strict watch on the situation. "We have not witnessed any disruption in the regular dealings and believe it is unlikely to significantly impact India's gem and jewellery trade with Israel. Nevertheless, we remain hopeful for a

Electronics export in India grew 56% in Q1, emerge as 4th largest item

Electronics exports grew over 56 per cent in the April-June period, reaching Rs 57,220.24 crore, as against Rs 36,533.18 crore in the corresponding period of last year

Gem, jewellery exports fall by 10.7% to Rs 22,693.41 crore in May

The overall gems and jewellery exports witnessed a decline of 10.70 per cent in May at Rs 22,693.41 crore (USD 2,755.90 million), the Gem Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said on Wednesday. Gem and jewellery exports stood at Rs 25,412.66 crore (USD 3,285.47 million) during May last year, GJEPC said in monthly data on its website. According to GJEPC data, the overall exports of cut and polished diamonds (CPD) showed a decline of 12.17 per cent at Rs 14,190.28 crore (USD 1723.17 million) in May compared to Rs 16,156.04 crore in the corresponding month of 2022. Similarly, the gross exports of polished Lab Grown Diamonds during April-May witnessed a 20.57 per cent fall at Rs 1,985.83 crore (USD 236.08 million) over Rs 2,499.95 crore (USD 325.45 million) in the first two months of preceding financial year. However, the total exports of gold jewellery increased by 7.29 per cent at Rs 5,705.32 crore (USD 693.01 million) in May as against Rs 5,317.71 crore (USD 687.18 million) in

Gems and jewellery exporters feel the heat of govt curbs on gold imports

Amid rising risks to external demand, the government is concerned about widening trade deficit, bringing the focus back on curbing non-essential imports

Rajasthan is making efforts to achieve Rs 1 trn exports target: REPC chief

Rajasthan has traditionally exhibited strength in the export of handicrafts, gems and jewellery, dimensional stones, agro & food, and textile products

Diwali an auspicious date to sign India-UK FTA: British High Commissioner

Currently, both countries are at the last leg of negotiations towards a trade deal that kick-started in January

Surat's polishing industry in for a treat as lab-grown diamonds find favour

Of the roughly 8,000 polishing units in Gujarat city, 15% polish lab-grown diamonds exclusively

Gem, jewellery exports up 45.2% at Rs 31,241.09 crore in Oct: GJEPC

The overall sentiment in the gem and jewellery industry is quite positive

Reforms in jewellery sector to help achieve $ 43.75 bn export target: Patel

Introduction of reforms for the gems and jewellery industry would help push its growth rate and achieve $43.75 billion exports target for this fiscal year, Union Minister Anupriya Patel said.

Gems, jewellery exports decline 25.71% in fiscal year 2021: GJEPC

The overall gems and jewellery exports declined by 25.71 per cent to Rs 1,85,952.34 crore during 2020-21

GJEPC to host industry's first virtual buyer-seller meet on Aug 27-28

The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC) on Wednesday said it will host the industry's first virtual buyer-seller meet (VBSM) on August 27 and 28 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jewellery business stares at prolonged slowdown, exports down by 9.17%

Cut and polished diamond exports fell 5.67 per cent in January 2020 to $1.65 billion. In the first 10 months of this fiscal year, it was down 16.8 per cent to $16.32 billion.

Govt aiming to take jewellery exports to $80 bn from $40 bn in 5 years

The Centre also expects the jewellery industry to generate additional employment of 2 million, Rupa Dutta, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Commerce, said

Jewellery exports fall 4.74% in Nov, polished diamonds down 25.5%

Led by a steep 25.5 percent fall in cut and polished diamonds exports, the overall gems & jewellery exports fell 4.74 percent to Rs 18,136.2 crore in November year-on-year due to poor consumer sentiment in the key export markets. In November 2018, the overall gems & jewellery exports stood at Rs 19,039.10 crore, according to data given by the Gems & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Overall exports declined by 4.85 percent to Rs 1,76,540.39 crore between April and November 2019 from Rs 1,85,543.57 crore a year ago. The decline is mainly due to poor consumer confidence in the export markets, GJEPC said in a statement on Tuesday. Cut and polished diamonds exports declined 25.49 percent to Rs 8,341.88 crore from Rs 11,195.52 crore in November 2018. The shipments of Cut and polished diamonds in the April-November period also dipped 18.21 percent to Rs 94,274.13 crore. However, gold jewellery exports went up 21.33 percent to Rs 7,893.89 crore. Gold ...

Jewellery exports dip 5.4% in Oct over trade war, Hong Kong protests

The exports stood at Rs 26,010.87 crore in October 2018, according to data given by the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)

India hopes to tap $1-billion of jewellery export opportunity to US

US buyers are looking at India favourable as India already exports $10 billion worth jewellery there