September 2013 Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair

Date : 11 -15 Sep 2013 (AWE) ; 13 -17 Sep 2013 (CEC)


A warm welcome to September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair.

September is peak season for the jewellery trade thus it comes as no surprise that tens of thousands of professional jewellery buyers flock to the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair to do business.

The September Fair celebrates 30 years of serving the world’s jewellery industry this year, a laudable triumph for a show that started humbly in a hotel ballroom in Hong Kong with 100 exhibitors. With the host city of Hong Kong being a duty-free port, there are no duties or restrictions imposed on precious jewellery products or materials. This has proven to be advantageous for international jewellers; it encourages worldwide trade with the region and makes the prices of goods more competitive.


Now recognised as the world’s No. 1 business-to-business marketplace for the gem and jewellery sector, the September Fair gathers more than 51,000 buyers and more than 3,500 exhibitors from around the world in two world-class venues:  the AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) and the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).


The Fair at Asia-World Expo (AWE) will feature around 1,600 exhibitors from the globe. They will exhibit jewellery raw materials, including loose diamonds, gemstones, pearls, and packaging, tools & equipment.

The Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre is dedicated to showcasing fine finished jewellery with gemstones, diamonds, pearls, jade and jadeite. Around 1,900 fine jewellery exhibitors from around the world will occupy the various themed halls.

June 2013 Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair

Date : 20- 23 Jun 2013
Location : Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)


One of the top three trade events of its kind in Asia, the JUNE HONG KONG JEWELLERY & GEM FAIR (June Fair) attracts thousands of exhibitors and buyers from around the world. In 2013, the June Fair will run from 20 to 23 June at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). It will offer international jewellers what UBM Asia’s events are known for: unmatched opportunities to tap into the world’s most robust jewellery markets, sell products to thousands of serious buyers from around the world, and cost-effectively market their brands on a global stage.

Asia's Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair - March

Date 4-7 March 2013 (Monday-Thurday)
Time 4-6 March 2013: 10:30am - 6:30pm
                7 March 2013:    10:30am - 5:30pm
Website www.asiafja.com
Organiser UBM Asia Limited
Tel (852) 2516 1677 / (852) 2516 1646
Fax (852) 2802 9934 / (852) 2511 6211
Email salesafj-hk@ubm.com
Nature Exhibition (Trade)

Enjoys a glowing reputation as the ideal trading platform for sourcing Autumn/Winter fashion jewellery and accessories in the first quarter of the year in Asia. Quality exhibitors and buyers connect over the Fair's four-day run to trade, expand networks, and exchange market information in Hong Kong's business-friendly environment.

Jewellery & Gem Fair 2013 - 11th China International Gold, Jewellery & Gem Fair - Shenzhen

VENUE: Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center (SZCEC)
                Location & Details of Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center (SZCEC)
VENUE ADDRESS: Fuhua Third Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, China, Zip code: 518048
ORGANIZER: UBM Asia Limited
Official Website: Click to Visit
E-Mail: visitjgf-hk@ubm.com
Tel: +86-20-8666 0158
Fax: +86-20-8667 7120
CITY: Shenzhen
INDUSTRY: Jewellery & Accessories
                      Gems & Jewelry
DATE: 2013/02/26 - 2013/03/01

The 11th China International Gold, Jewellery & Gem Fair - Shenzhen (Jewellery & Gem Fair 2013), organized by UBM Asia Limited, will be held from 26 Feb to 1 Mar 2013 at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center.  China International Gold, Jewellery & Gem Fair - Shenzhen (Jewellery & Gem Fair) is one of the most important international jewellery events in Eastern China in the first quarter of the year. The manufacturers, suppliers and industrialists , all will join the event on the exhibiton desk.

The target exhibitors of the 11th China International Gold, Jewellery & Gem Fair - Shenzhen (Jewellery & Gem Fair 2013) will include professionals from Fine jewellery, diamonds, jadeite, pearls, gemstone & jewellery timepieces as well as equipment, packaging and technology manufacturers, importers, exporters & General Public.

DIAMOND MINING COMPANIES INCREASE PRICES OF ROUGH DIAMONDS

2013 is going to be tough year for the small and medium diamantaires in the world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre with the diamond mining companies in the world increasing the prices of rough diamonds by 3-5 per cent in January.

Following the 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent increase in the top quality of rough diamonds by the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) at its first sale to the sightholders last week, other diamond mining companies like Alrosa and BHP Billiton, too have increased the prices of rough diamonds by 3-4%.

Industry sources said the demand for rough diamonds is increasing. Rough traders are competing for goods, which has driven up prices of DTC goods over the past few days.

A reported shortage for better quality polished goods is strengthening prices, leading to robust demand for rough.

The DTC rough diamond goods are selling at more than 5-6% premium in the open market in Mumbai and Surat. However, the small and medium diamantaires have to pay higher prices to purchase the rough diamonds from the open market.

"After DTC other mining companies too have increased the prices of rough diamonds in the start of the year. This is going to further create problems for the small and medium diamantaires who have to depend on the goods purchased from the open market" said a diamantaire.

Dinesh Navadia, president, Surat Diamond Association (SDA) said, "The price rise is weighing heavy on the profit margins of the small and medium diamantaires. The prices of polished diamonds are stable and the increase in the rough diamond prices is going to affect the industry."

DIAMOND TRADERS GET NEW ADDRESS IN MUMBAI

Opera House and Zaveri Bazaar in southern Mumbai are set to loose their identity as diamond trading hub. Majority of the small and medium traders are fast moving to the new facility at BandraKurla Complex (BKC). This movement has picked up with Bharat Diamond Bourse (BRD) inaugurating its diamond trading floor at the complex last week.

The BDB plans to widen the scope of trading within the complex and facilitate the operations of smaller companies and traders. The trading hall is named after late S G Jhaveri, who in the 1970s was one of the first to suggest setting up a diamond bourse in India and worked towards it until his death in 1991.

In the last one and a half years after the serial bomb blasts at Opera House and Zaveri Bazaar on July 13, 2011, over 425 offices of 300 big and medium diamond companies have become operational within the BDB premises at BKC.

Official sources said the work on the interiors of another 415 offices is nearing completion and in the next couple of months the BKC will be housing more than 900 offices of the diamond companies.

"In the next few months, BKC will be the new address for the world's biggest diamond trading hub in India," said Anoop Mehta, president, BDB.

The BDB occupies two million square feet of space and houses 2,500 diamond offices of various sizes. It offers facilities such as a trading hall, customs office, banking, restaurants and security surveillance.

Mehul Shah, member of BDB said, "The diamond industry has embraced the new trading environment at BDB. The shifting activity from Opera House to BKC has gathered pace in the past one and a half years."

Zimbabwe vows to double diamond production in 2013

Zimbabwe sold almost $685 million worth of diamonds last year and wants to more than double output from the country’s controversial gem fields this year, a top mining official told AFP Tuesday.

“We got $684.5 million from diamond exports in 2012,” Goodwills Masimirembwa, chairman of the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) said.

Masimirembwa said Zimbabwe hopes to increase exports this year to 16.7 million carats from the eight million carats sold in 2012.

He accused the United States of blocking Zimbabwe’s diamond sales globally by issuing threats to potential buyers.

“Last year sanctions (against Zimbabwe trading companies) were biting. The US threatened purchasers of Zimbabwe diamonds which resulted in low diamond sales in countries like India that normally buy from us,” Masimirembwa said.

Finance Minister Tendai Biti has accused diamond mining companies of not remitting revenue to the government last year, saying out of some $600 million expected from diamonds, only $40 million had made its way into the central purse.

“I don’t know what the Finance minister will be saying but what I know is that diamond mining companies have always been paying 15 percent of the royalties to government,” Masimirembwa said.

An Ottawa-based watchdog Partnership Africa Canada last year said around $2 billion worth of diamonds were pilfered out of Zimbabwe over four years by a network of government ministers and military officials aligned with President Robert Mugabe.

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme which regulates global diamond trade lifted tight monitoring of diamond sales in Zimbabwe last year after judging the country compliant with minimum standards, a move that was criticised by rights groups which claim serious rights abuses have taken place at the Marange diamond mines.

Rights activists have said 200 miners were killed in the 2008 crackdown, and the country was briefly suspended from the so-called Kimberley Process (KP), an 80-member group that certifies global sales of “conflict-free diamonds.”