| February 6, Gems & Jewelry Trade Association | | | | the three jewels in our export share of the |
| of China announced the jewelry export inventory | | | | weight is very large, so they export growth to |
| data in 2008. Statistics show that China's jewelry | | | | China's products in 2008 contributed greatly to |
| exports in 2008 the amount of 8,340,629,962 U.S. | | | | the growth of total exports. Platinum (unwrought, |
| dollars, up 3.94%, 16.81% higher than the year | | | | semi-manufactured or powder form) ranked first |
| 2007 a marked decline in growth. Jewellery | | | | in export growth rates (55%), the growth of |
| exports slowed down, indicating the U.S. subprime | | | | natural or cultured pearls smallest, only 1.93%. |
| mortgage crisis triggered by the global financial | | | | Decline in export products, in accordance with the |
| turmoil and the grim international economic | | | | degree of decline in the level of arrangement, |
| situation, China's jewelry export industry had a big | | | | precious metals or clad with precious metal gold |
| impact. With the slowdown in exports, the | | | | and silver system, and parts thereof, precious or |
| Chinese jewelry industry also welcomed the | | | | semi precious stones, precious metals or clad with |
| opening of new markets, an export development | | | | precious metal of the other products of natural or |
| of domestic and industrial upgrading change. | | | | cultured pearls and precious or semi precious |
| Data show that in 2008 China's export growth | | | | stones manufactured goods, synthetic or |
| rate of various types of jewelry in general and | | | | reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones of |
| steep mixed different categories. Diamonds, | | | | the year exports decreased by 80.36%, 28.05%, |
| precious metals or clad with precious metal | | | | 21.68%, 10.71%, 4.19%. Which precious metal or |
| jewelry and parts manufacturing, silver and | | | | metal clad with precious gold and silver system |
| platinum materials, natural or cultured pearls, | | | | and parts thereof, precious or semi-precious |
| imitation jewelry and other products have | | | | stones fall's top two ranked decline, and reveals |
| different rate of export growth over the | | | | that Chinese jewelry enterprises in international |
| previous year. Among them, diamond, silver (not | | | | markets and the direct impact of weak demand. |
| forged, semi-manufactured or powder form) | | | | Because these two products mainly export to |
| Metals or precious metal jewelry and parts | | | | general trade. |
| exports were up 10.49%, 6.13% and 5.33%. As | | | | |