Export of Cut & Polished Diamonds sent abroad for Certification/ Grading & re-import - New Laboratories Notified
AS per Para 4A.2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy dealing with Export of Cut & Polished Diamonds for Certification/ Grading & Reimport, following are authorized laboratories for certification/ grading of diamonds of 0.25 carat and above:
(i) Indian Diamond Institute, Surat, Gujarat;
(ii) American Gem Society Laboratories (AGS Laboratories),8917 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89117;
(iii) Central Gem Laboratory, Miyagi Building, 5-15-14 Ueno Taito-Ku, Tokyo, Japan;
(iv) Diamond Trading Company, Maidenhead, UK;
(v) European Gemological Laboratory (EGL), USA;
(vi) Gemological Institute of America (GIA), USA;
(vii) Hoge Road Voor Diamond, Antwerp, (HRD);
(viii) International Diamond Laboratories DMCC, Dubai.
(ix) The Robert Mouawad Campus, International Gemological Institute (IGI) USA; and
(x) World Diamond Centre of Diamonds High Council, Antwerp, Belgium.
Now, the following five additional authorized laboratories for certification/ grading of diamonds of 0.25 carat and above are added after Serial No. (x)
(xi) GIA Hong Kong Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong;
(xii) Gemological Research (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Bangkok;
(xiii) GIA Education and Laboratory (Pvt) Ltd., Johannesburg;
(xiv) GIA Education and Laboratory, Goborone (Botswana);
(xv) Forevermark NV, Antwerp, Belgium
DGFT Notification No. 11/(RE-2012)/2009-2014, Dated: August 22, 2012