Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$7.4 billion$7.4B
vs 2010
0.4× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
under 0.1%
Busiest portTop port
JFK Airport, NY

The US buys the most diamonds from India: 46% of $7.4 billion.

Israel is second at 24%. Rough and polished stones.

Where US diamonds come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $7.4B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01India$3.37B45.6%
  2. 02Israel$1.80B24.3%
  3. 03Belgium$1.02B13.8%
  4. 04South Africa$0.46B6.2%
  5. 05Botswana$0.21B2.8%
  6. 06Namibia$79.0M1.1%
  7. 07Switzerland$51.6M0.7%
  8. 08United Arab Emirates$44.7M0.6%
  9. 09United Kingdom$43.5M0.6%
  10. 10Vietnam$42.4M0.6%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.27B3.7%

Total US diamonds imports by year · $18.6B in 2010 to $7.4B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US diamonds imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US diamonds imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

India31% → 46%
South Africa2.7% → 6.2%
Botswana0.9% → 2.8%
Namibia0.2% → 1.1%
Vietnam0.3% → 0.6%
United Arab Emirates0.4% → 0.6%
United Kingdom1% → 0.6%
Switzerland2.3% → 0.7%
Belgium16% → 14%
Israel35% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it comes from

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

No single region supplies most imported diamonds. Asia leads at 47%, then the Middle East at 25%. India and Israel send 70% between them, and Belgium, South Africa and Botswana add another 23%.

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  1. 01India
  2. 02Israel
  3. 03Belgium
  4. 04South Africa
  5. 05Botswana
  6. 06Namibia
  7. 07Switzerland
  8. 08United Arab Emirates

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

99% arrives by air. Most of it enters at JFK Airport (94%).

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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  1. AJFK Airport, NY $6.91B
  2. BLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $0.35B
  3. CNew Orleans, LA $47.6M
  4. DNew York, NY $14.0M
  5. ECleveland, OH $11.0M
  6. FMiami Airport, FL $10.3M
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the diamonds is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01New York$6.95B
  2. 02California$0.25B
  3. 03Florida$41.1M
  4. 04New Jersey$28.9M
  5. 05Texas$27.6M
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 7102. How we count.