RAPAPORT... Japan's polished diamond imports for the month of June 2012 rose 28 percent year on year to $90.96 million. The country imported 190,672 carats, an increase of 43 percent from one year earlier. For the first six months of the year, Japan's polished diamond imports have risen nearly 20 percent to $439.97 million. The volume of polished carats imported has fallen 8 percent year on year to 918,972.
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