The file photo shows a jewelry worker polishing a diamond at the 1st Mining Exposition of Angola in Luanda, the capital of Angola, on April 27, 2006. (Xinhua)
Diamond export generated revenue of 1.95 billion U.S. dollars for Angola in 2022, with an annual increase of 1.38 percent, an official has revealed.
LUANDA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Diamond export generated revenue of 1.95 billion U.S. dollars for Angola in 2022, with an annual increase of 1.38 percent, an official of the country's Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas has revealed.
Out of the total of 8.83 million carats exported last year, the main destinations were the United Arab Emirates, accounting for 67.91 percent, followed by Belgium with 21.25 percent, and China with 10.82 percent, Director of Studies, Planning and Statistics Office of the ministry Alexandre Garrett said Friday in the 2022 Year Review on the performance and outlook for the diamond segment. ■
