4.73 — Export of Cut & Polished Diamonds for Certification/Grading & Reimport

Following are authorized laboratories for certification / grading of diamonds of 0.25 carat and above:

• (1) International Gemological Institute (IG)–Hong Kong;

• (2) American Gem Society Laboratories (AGS Laboratories),8917 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89117;

• (3) Central Gem Laboratory, Miyagi Building, 5-15-14 Ueno Taito- Ku, Tokyo, Japan;

• (4) Diamond Trading Company, Maidenhead, UK;

• (5) European Gemological Laboratory(EGL), USA;

• (6) Gemological Institute of America (GIA), USA;

• (7) Hoge Road Voor Diamond, Antwerp, (HRD);

• (8) International Diamond Laboratories DMCC, Dubai;

• (9) The Robert Mouawad Campus, International Gemological Institute (IGI)USA;

• (10) World Diamond Centre of Diamonds High Council, Antwerp, Belgium;

• (11) GIA Hong Kong Laboratory Ltd., HongKong;

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  - (12) Gemological Research(Thailand)Co. Ltd., Bangkok; 

  - (13) GIA Education and Laboratory(Pvt)Ltd., Johannesburg; 

  - (14) GIA Education and Laboratory, Goborone(Botswana); 

  - (15) International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research (Belgium), NV;[ii] 

  - (16) International Gemological Institute(IG)–Antwerp, Belgium; 

  - (17) Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Israel; 

  - (18) Gemological Institute of America (GIA), Japan. 

  - (19) GIA Laboratory, DMCC, Dubai, UAE.[xi] 

• 4.74 Import of Diamonds for Certification/Grading & re-export

  • (a) This facility has been stated in Paragraph 4.41 of FTP. At the time of imports of diamonds, the bill of entry shall have the detailed description, including the dimensions / specifications of the diamonds and at the time of re-export after grading/certification, the Bill of Entry details should be endorsed in the shipping bill, so far as the dimensions and other specifications/ details of the diamonds are concerned, so as to establish a clear correlation between the imported diamonds and the diamonds being re- exported. In addition, a separate self-certificate shall be attached by GIA (or any other approved agency) along with the shipping bill at the time of shipment, for matching of the imports to that of the exports as per the documents and GIA (or any other approved agency) certificate.

  • (b) GIA (or any other agency approved in this regard) shall obtain GR waiver as per the procedure laid down by RBI, in all such cases.

  • (c) Re-export of the imported diamonds shall be completed within a maximum time period of 3 months from the date of import(s). At the time of import, the agency shall give an undertaking to the customs to this effect. GIA (or any other agency approved in this regard) shall furnish a quarterly report to the customs authority at the port of import by 25th of the month, succeeding the end of the quarterly period, to ensure that the exports are effected within the stipulated time period.