Rapaport Research Report - February 2020

The Rapaport Research Report is essential reading for those seeking to understand diamond price trends and the current state of the industry throughout the diamond pipeline.

The report includes extensive, proprietary data from RapNet, the world’s largest diamond trading platform, giving a snap shot of real-world pricing information, inventory levels and transactional data to help you keep track of the market. This includes average prices, discounts and inventory by country alongside search volume, average time to sale and transaction volume.

In addition to reviewing the global rough, polished and retail markets, each month the Rapaport Research Report focuses in on a key issue affecting the diamond industry, providing definitive analysis and insight, while assessing the potential impact on your business and the industry as a whole.

This month, we look at rough-production levels and suggest that mining companies will need to reconsider their plans for 2020, as they have a large volume of goods they failed to sell last year. The onus will be on manufacturers to buy rough that is profitable and that won’t further inflate their polished inventory — especially since they expect a slowdown in Chinese demand.

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Please note, all issues prior to January 2018 are called the Rapaport Monthly Report and only contain a market overview and general review of the RAPI.