Rapaport Research Report - March 2025

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 edition looks at Hong Kong’s restrictions on cash transactions, which went into effect two years ago. The rules have created an additional challenge for the municipality’s diamond sector amid weak Chinese demand. While exhibitors at the recent Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show reported a better fair than they had expected, questions linger over the future of the city’s polished trade, which was once an important cash market for overseas dealers. The report asks what else Hong Kong has to offer the global diamond industry.

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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.