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ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 THE GEM & JEWELLERY EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
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The Government of India vide its communication
No.12/13/2000-EP(GJ) dated 13 November, 2002
designated the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion
Council as the Importing and Exporting Authority within
the meaning of Section IV (b) of the Kimberley Process
Certification Scheme. Kimberley Process Certification
Scheme (KPCS) was implemented in India from 1st
January 2003 to verify the legitimacy of import / export of
rough diamonds as per UN resolutions and to curb entry
of conflict diamonds into the mainstream.
During the Financial Year 2015-2016 India issued 2681
KP certificates for export parcels and endorsed 27359
KP certificates for import parcels under KPCS including
transactions handled by concerned Special Economic
Zones in India.
IMPORT
EXPORT
Qty in Mill
carats US $ in Mil- lion Qty in Mill
carats
US $ in
Million
April 13 - March 14
162.53 16244.82
45.90 1698.48
April 14 - March 15
147.00 16422.04
35.72 1698.95
April 15 - March 16
140.67 13996.07
35.86 1626.06
The GJEPC in the capacity of being a KP Imp / Exp Authority in
India is working closely with the KP Chair, Ministry of Commerce
& Industry, Government of India and the trade to implement and
oversee the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in India.
As part of its obligations under the process, the Council
submitted Annual Report for the calendar year Jan / Dec 2015
to the KP Chair before 31st March 2016. The quarterly statistical
data for calendar year 2015 was also submitted to the WGS
Chair before the stipulated deadline.
IMPORT - REGIONWISE BREAKUP
EXPORT - REGIONWISE BREAKUP
ROUGH DIAMOND TRADE DURING LAST 3 YEARS
Source: KP Data Based on Date of Posting in the system
GJEPC
Mumbai
GJEPC
Surat
SEEPZ
SEZ SURAT
SEZ VIZAG
& HYD
SEZ Total
April 13 - March 14
15,034 13,358
4
105
158 28,659
April 14 - March 15
13,181 14,861
7
142
188 28,379
April 15 - March 16
12,070 15,041
1
98
162 27,372
GJEPC
Mumbai
GJEPC
Surat
SEEPZ
SEZ SURAT
SEZ VIZAG
& HYD
SEZ Total
April 13 - March 14
2,754
431
2
14
94 3,295
April 14 - March 15
2,481
432
0
6
130 3,049
April 15 - March 16
2,189
367
0
11
114 2,681
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
