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The Tariff Lag Effect: Why MCX Prices are Still Below
The week ending May 22 was the digestion week. After the policy shock of the previous week (the steepest gold import duty hike on record, a record-low rupee, and a tightening of the Advance Authorisation scheme), price action paused. MCX gold gained just 0.1%, silver was essentially flat. COMEX gold and silver both declined modestly, by 0.8% and 1.7% respectively. The week’s headline numbers reveal almost nothing about what is actually happening in the Indian gold market right now. The

The Tariff Lag Effect: Why MCX Prices are Still Below
The week ending May 22 was the digestion week. After the policy shock of the previous week (the steepest gold import duty hike on record, a record-low rupee, and a tightening of the Advance Authorisation scheme), price action paused. MCX gold gained just 0.1%, silver was essentially flat. COMEX gold and silver both declined modestly, by 0.8% and 1.7% respectively. The week’s headline numbers reveal almost nothing about what is actually happening in the Indian gold market right now. The
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De Beers Conducts Diamond Insight Flash Report 2
Mumbai: To augment our existing research program, De Beers is conducting additional consumer, retailer and supply chain touch-bases to understand the pain points and the opportunities for partners large and small across the pipeline. In March 2020, we launched a weekly quantitative survey to collect data on the attitudes, behaviors and expectations of consumers in the US. Once a month

Gold Demand may Remain Soft in H2: WGC
Mumbai: The consumer demand for gold in the country is expected to remain subdued in the second half of 2020 amid business and income disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report. The report, however, said that financial packages to support the economy and good monsoon may help soften the negative impact of economic blow due to the

India’s G&J Gross Exports Fell 55% in Q1 2020-21
Mumbai: India’s overall gross exports of gems and jewellery during the first quarter of FY2020-21 (April-June 2020) showed a decline of about 55% to US$ 2746.64 million on a year-on-year basis, according to provisional data released by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). India’s Q1 overall gross imports of gems and jewellery plummeted 75% to US$ 915.137 million,

Six New CFCs to be Operational by Dec 2020
Mumbai: The Common Facility Centres (CFC) Project Steering Committee, which includes representatives from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), met on 8th July, 2020, to review the status of the upcoming six new CFCs. The six locations for setting up CFCs in Phase II are Coimbatore, Kolkata, Jaipur, Delhi, Rajkot and

De Beers Conducts Diamond Insight Flash Report 2
Mumbai: To augment our existing research program, De Beers is conducting additional consumer, retailer and supply chain touch-bases to understand the pain points and the opportunities for partners large and small across the pipeline. In March 2020, we launched a weekly quantitative survey to collect data on the attitudes, behaviors and expectations of consumers in the US. Once a month

Gold Demand may Remain Soft in H2: WGC
Mumbai: The consumer demand for gold in the country is expected to remain subdued in the second half of 2020 amid business and income disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report. The report, however, said that financial packages to support the economy and good monsoon may help soften the negative impact of economic blow due to the

India’s G&J Gross Exports Fell 55% in Q1 2020-21
Mumbai: India’s overall gross exports of gems and jewellery during the first quarter of FY2020-21 (April-June 2020) showed a decline of about 55% to US$ 2746.64 million on a year-on-year basis, according to provisional data released by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). India’s Q1 overall gross imports of gems and jewellery plummeted 75% to US$ 915.137 million,

Six New CFCs to be Operational by Dec 2020
Mumbai: The Common Facility Centres (CFC) Project Steering Committee, which includes representatives from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), met on 8th July, 2020, to review the status of the upcoming six new CFCs. The six locations for setting up CFCs in Phase II are Coimbatore, Kolkata, Jaipur, Delhi, Rajkot and