Global diamond jewellery sales were an estimated
US$79 billion in 2013, growing at over three per
cent in nominal value in 2013 in USD terms vs 2012,
ahead of the compounded annual rate of growth
experienced between 2008 and 2012 (see Fig. 5).
China continues to be the main growth engine
of diamond jewellery demand, but the US also
performed particularly well in 2013.