DRC: Diamond export generated USD 140 million in sales revenue in 2021
The Democratic Republic of Congo exported in 2021 a global volume of 12 million 685,779.42 carats of diamonds for a value of 140.259 million US dollars, according to statistics from the Ministry of Mines.
Of this export volume in 2021, there were 10,028,407.54 carats of diamonds from the artisanal sector for a value of 88 million US dollars against 2,150,126.41 carats coming from the industrial sector for a value of 42.112 million US dollars.
