Zimbabwe: UAE Top Buyer of Zim Gems

8 August 2012

THE United Arab Emirates was last year Zimbabwe's largest consumer of rough diamonds, according to statistics from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). The KPCS, an international certification scheme for rough diamonds, reported in its Zimbabwe annual report that the UAE received the highest number of KP certificates (a total of 64) during the period under review.

South Africa came in second with the number of certificates issued reaching 32, with Israel in third with 18 certificates and Belgium in fourth with 15.

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