China: growth of the diamond trade
China recorded a record import and export of diamonds with a total value of $ 610 million in 2006, up 44.4% year on year.
The Diamond Exchange in Shanghai attributed the increase to the tax cut on diamond imports last year. This figure excludes the volume of processing trade.
On 1 July 2006, China has exempted from VAT the import of rough diamonds and lowered the tariff on imported diamond cut from 17% to 4%.
Imports diamond cut rose 194% during the second half of last year to $ 147 million dollars, according to the Diamond Exchange in Shanghai.
UK is currently the only legal way to import and export of diamond in China.
In 2006, the Diamond Exchange in Shanghai received 131 million yuan (16.8 million) of VAT on diamond imports, a slight decrease compared with 2005, according to statistics.
中国：钻石贸易的增长
中国录得的和$ 610在2006年达到创纪录的总价值的钻石进口和出口，同比增长44.4％，比去年同期。
钻石交易所归因于上海的增加，对钻石进口减税去年。这一数字不包括加工贸易的数量。
7月1日2006年中国从增值税的进口毛坯钻石免征，降低了从17％下调至4％，钻石进口关税。
进口钻石切割上升了去年下半年的194％，达到$ 1.47亿美元美元，据上海钻石交易所。
英国是目前唯一合法途径进口和出口在中国钻石。
2006年，钻石交易所收到上海钻石进口略有减少，比2005年13100.00万元（16.8万增值税），据统计。24.01.07
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