Gradually market is stabilizing
Alrosa
sales reached
to
$377mn in March
Alrosa,
the world’s largest diamond producer, announces its diamond sales results for
March and the first three months of 2019. January-March 2019 sales of rough and
polished diamonds amounted to $1,004 million, including $987.9 million of rough
diamonds, and $16.3 million that of polished.
Alrosa
March sales of rough and polished diamonds increased to $377.1 million, an
increase of $31.5 million or 9% against previous month numbers.
Rough diamond
sales grew to $369.2 million (against $340.6 million in February 2019),
polished diamond sales increased to $8 million (against $5 million a month
earlier).
“The
market is gradually stabilizing following a soft demand from cutting and
polishing companies in the second half of the last year.
Demand for
smaller-sized stones demonstrated recovery in the first quarter. The sector is
also gradually restoring the balance between the rough diamond inventories and
rough diamond purchase volumes.
We
are cautiously optimistic about the second quarter, as, despite the persistent
difficulties the Indian manufactures have with access to funding, in general,
the end-demand for diamond jewelry demonstrates resilience,” Alrosa CEO Sergey
Ivanov commented.
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