Top 25 U.S. Import Sources of Precious Metal Jewelry
SIC 3911, Customs Value, U.S. Imports for Consumption

Annual Data

Country	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Percent Change 2005 - 2006
	In 1,000 Dollars
India	302,274	368,150	443,434	561,192	672,573	576,576	875,938	1,190,790	1,491,142	1,761,973	2,414,993	37.1%
China	60,903	72,364	111,291	181,793	296,355	383,904	560,218	745,228	912,252	1,079,341	1,270,321	17.7%
Thailand	368,717	369,286	376,963	500,684	632,859	659,199	684,921	779,405	887,488	906,620	1,065,625	17.5%
Italy	1,345,345	1,328,711	1,455,299	1,478,493	1,487,921	1,383,954	1,508,774	1,205,340	1,000,834	934,215	916,713	-1.9%
Hong Kong	361,465	366,931	405,049	498,763	588,593	460,845	515,123	447,454	474,730	484,627	505,906	4.4%
Mexico	126,459	142,272	167,404	153,929	165,668	165,201	156,205	151,387	272,010	434,136	400,391	-7.8%
Turkey	57,272	113,638	162,844	181,401	229,929	198,544	197,693	248,500	369,299	405,553	359,714	-11.3%
France	34,923	67,749	96,317	66,053	73,857	110,438	110,588	145,332	147,041	227,690	274,438	20.5%
Dominican Rep	112,482	117,664	159,764	171,508	152,306	172,342	193,854	202,372	235,675	254,665	274,059	7.6%
Israel	296,252	243,669	232,121	236,711	233,012	233,695	266,257	206,797	226,898	240,460	232,823	-3.2%
Canada	107,900	125,961	151,095	182,222	241,160	199,049	212,312	192,409	194,745	183,538	202,871	10.5%
Indonesia	23,225	28,996	53,096	51,570	58,571	53,241	55,329	65,057	89,876	135,473	175,757	29.7%
Croatia	25	5	0	3	0	13	6,571	31,290	88,972	114,128	109,853	-3.7%
Jordan	2,494	2,322	2,652	4,438	9,374	7,984	11,280	49,711	89,691	118,479	108,580	-8.4%
Peru	115,727	108,387	117,691	106,356	97,424	99,693	93,519	71,311	75,249	86,673	84,094	-3.0%
Switzerland	24,349	36,036	48,278	43,714	61,165	73,919	73,146	74,646	69,019	92,989	81,921	-11.9%
Bolivia	83,550	67,713	54,951	49,112	45,969	39,797	50,214	52,887	64,343	68,369	76,091	11.3%
South Africa	800	550	340	6,816	16,661	22,229	29,679	43,399	47,667	53,105	75,067	41.4%
Spain	24,327	24,743	24,063	23,456	30,237	31,382	30,121	41,309	52,111	43,053	61,029	41.8%
Oman	9,526	30,367	38,175	55,148	48,236	35,162	28,538	39,161	45,723	57,183	61,016	6.7%
United Kingdom	17,860	22,998	31,354	33,332	34,645	36,529	39,967	40,536	50,921	46,509	46,612	0.2%
Tunisia	57	0	0	4	0	7	0	0	0	481	45,929	9,445.1%
Germany	27,026	32,289	38,495	43,724	44,721	38,517	43,909	42,638	49,112	46,380	44,819	-3.4%
Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	19,684	47,802	39,569	-17.2%
Korea	26,129	25,451	45,157	96,760	126,997	131,875	112,206	88,919	75,594	49,499	36,406	-26.5%
Subtotal :	3,529,087	3,696,252	4,215,832	4,727,179	5,348,231	5,114,095	5,856,363	6,155,887	7,030,073	7,872,940	8,964,597	13.9%
All Other:	237,171	262,360	289,511	277,531	293,593	333,362	309,981	284,257	290,411	296,904	316,639	6.6%
Total	3,766,258	3,958,612	4,505,344	5,004,710	5,641,824	5,447,458	6,166,344	6,440,144	7,320,484	8,169,844	9,281,236	13.6%

Sources: Data on this site have been compiled from tariff and trade data from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission.