Salient Natural And Synthetic Industrial Diamond Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC INDUSTRIAL DIAMOND STATISTICS¹

(Thousand carats and thousand dollars)

	2009		2010		2011		2012		2013
United States:
Natural:
Secondary production:
Quantity^e	16,700	²	16,700		17,300		18,300		19,000
Value^e	8,150		8,190		8,470		8,920		9,240
Exports:
Quantity	1,510		2,330		3,710		6,500		4,210
Value	2,280		1,780		1,780	^r	4,100		2,470
Imports for consumption:
Quantity	2,840	^r	4,750	^r	7,320	^r	4,190	^r	4,910
Value	1,760	^r	2,570	^r	4,070	^r	2,040	^r	2,130
Synthetic:
Primary production:
Quantity^e	91,000	²	93,000		98,200		103,000		108,000
Value^e	65,100		66,400		67,100		70,600		73,200
Secondary production:
Quantity^e	17,200	²	17,100		17,700		18,600		19,400
Value^e	9,080		9,120		9,260		9,750		10,100
Exports:
Quantity	65,500		110,000		146,000	^r	149,000	^r	130,000
Value	31,100		51,000		68,600		73,200		67,600
Imports for consumption:
Quantity	243,000		591,000		721,000	^r	591,000	^r	723,000
Value	39,100	^r	83,800	^r	93,700	^r	78,000	^r	77,600
Apparent consumption, natural and synthetic:³
Quantity	304,000	^r	610,000	^r	712,000	^r	580,000	^r	740,000
Value	89,800	^r	117,000	^r	112,000	^r	92,000	^r	102,000
World:
Production, natural^e	56,400	^r	58,400	^r	55,600	^r	61,200	^r	59,900
Production, synthetic^e	4,370,000		4,380,000		4,380,000		4,390,000	^r	4,390,000
Production, natural and synthetic^e	4,430,000	^r	4,430,000	^r	4,440,000	^r	4,450,000	^r	4,450,000
^eEstimated. ^rRevised.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
²Reported figure.
³Domestic primary and secondary production plus imports minus exports.