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Carat CapitalEgypt's gold exports fall 44% with UAE shipments down 65%
One corridor carried the fall. Egypt's gold and gold jewellery exports fell 44% to about $2.4bn in the first seven months of 2026, against about $4.3bn in the same seven months of 2025.…
The Carat indices
Five indices this paper computes itself — the listed jewelry world rebased to 100 at the year's first trading day.
The year so far
Diamonds
Carat CapitalIndia's polished carat fetches $671.39, its grown carat $66.51
GJEPC's April-to-August statement puts natural polished exports 7.38% lower in value on 6.75% more carats. Grown polished shipped 80.24 lakh carats ag
Diamond Workers' Union Gujarat asks GJEPC for a wage survey
A letter dated 24 September asks the council and the Commerce Ministry to survey piece rates across Gujarat. Two Gujarati reports add a union count of
Hancocks and Grima set 8.19 carats of French cuts
The five-piece Grima for Hancocks series debuted at the St James's Street townhouse after three years' work. All prices are on request, and the larges
Gold & Metals
Carat CapitalEgypt's gold exports fall 44% with UAE shipments down 65%
January to July shipments reached about $2.4bn against $4.3bn a year earlier. The Federation of Egyptian Industries blames domestic demand and war-dis
Silver fixes 2.26% higher as gold's fix slips 0.13%
LBMA published Friday's fixes for all four metals on 25 September. Platinum rose 0.87% and palladium fell 1.02%, while Kitco's screen closed higher on
Gold rises $42.10 to $4,296.60 after Thursday's four-metal fall
Silver gained 1.45% and platinum 0.92% on the Kitco bid at 06:07 ET, against Thursday's marks. London's newest fixes, all dated 24 September, still po
Colored Gemstones
Carat CapitalAGTA takes 12.5% gemstone tariff to Bangkok trade talks
Thai finished jewellery entering the United States carries combined duties of 17.5% to 19.5%, the association says. It met Thailand's vice minister fo
Thailand's gold exports fall 59.22% in July to US$411.04m
Gem and jewellery exports excluding gold slipped 6.36% to US$737.93m, the first monthly fall after four straight gains. Seven-month exports excluding
Watches
GUY SIE · CC BY-SA 2.0Richard Mille takes GB1 timekeeping for the 38th America's Cup
The British challenger races the second preliminary regatta at Naples from 24 to 27 September, and will launch a reconfigured AC75 by the end of 2026.
Sotheby's sells a Cartier Cheich for HK$26.52m in Hong Kong
The one-off white-gold prize watch carried a HK$8.0m to HK$40m estimate. Two trade accounts convert the same Hong Kong dollar result differently, at U
Auctions & Estates
Carat CapitalSotheby's Hong Kong jewellery sale makes HK$58.8m, 294 lots offered
A 44.90-carat Ceylon sapphire pendant led at HK$1,800,000, 2.57 times its HK$700,000 high estimate. The house's own page carries no sale total; that f
Elmwood's puts a £2m high estimate on an 8.03-carat blue
The pear-shaped Fancy Light Blue comes from a Glasgow collector and carries a £1.5m low estimate. The house says only two blue diamonds above eight ca
Retail & Technology
Carat CapitalCheng Kar Shun buys 5m Chow Tai Fook shares for HK$54.82m
Disclosure of Interests filings at the Hong Kong exchange record purchases on 18, 21, 22, 23 and 24 September. They ran through Dragon Noble Group, a
Jammers silence the alarm in a $1m Glendale burglary
Cellular jamming is the fastest-growing tactic in thefts at US retail jewelers, Jewelers Mutual told JCK on 25 September. The Jewelers' Security Allia
Brilliant Earth prices 17 Elizabeth Taylor pieces from $995
The estate-authorized collection went on sale on 24 September online and in select showrooms. A lab-grown tennis necklace of 17.66 cts. t.w. tops the
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