EU–India › Pearls, gemstones & precious metals
EU–India trade in pearls, gemstones & precious metals
In May 2026, the EU exported €140M of pearls, gemstones & precious metals to India and imported €166M — a €26M deficit in this category.
The EU's pearls, gemstones & precious metals deficit with India has widened by about 2952% over the past year, from €0.8M to €26M.
India supplied about 3% of the EU's extra-EU imports of pearls, gemstones & precious metals in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€140M
EU imports
€166M
Balance
−€26M
Top sub-categories traded with India
EU exports →
- 7102Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set (excl. unmounted stones for pick-up styluses, worked stones, suitable for use as parts of meters, measuring instruments or other articles of chapter 90)€114M
- 7113Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)€7.9M
- 7106Silver, incl. silver plated with gold or platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form€5.0M
- 7115Articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, n.e.s.€4.0M
- 7110Platinum, incl. palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium and ruthenium, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form€3.9M
← EU imports
- 7102Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set (excl. unmounted stones for pick-up styluses, worked stones, suitable for use as parts of meters, measuring instruments or other articles of chapter 90)€75M
- 7113Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal (excl. articles > 100 years old)€51M
- 7112Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste and scrap containing precious metal or precious-metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (excl. waste and scrap melted down into unworked blocks, ingots, or similar forms)€20M
- 7103Precious stones and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded, but not strung, mounted or set, ungraded precious stones and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. diamonds and imitation precious stones and semi-precious stones)€7.5M
- 7104Precious and semi-precious stones, synthetic or reconstructed, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport€5.0M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €140M | €166M | −€26M |
| April 2026 | €144M | €245M | −€102M |
| March 2026 | €192M | €246M | −€54M |
| February 2026 | €131M | €190M | −€59M |
| January 2026 | €77M | €266M | −€189M |
| December 2025 | €139M | €181M | −€42M |
| November 2025 | €134M | €196M | −€62M |
| October 2025 | €113M | €262M | −€150M |
| September 2025 | €239M | €247M | −€8.4M |
| August 2025 | €105M | €177M | −€72M |
| July 2025 | €199M | €144M | €55M |
| June 2025 | €181M | €177M | €3.3M |
| May 2025 | €192M | €193M | −€0.8M |
| April 2025 | €191M | €231M | −€40M |
| March 2025 | €168M | €246M | −€78M |
| February 2025 | €175M | €232M | −€58M |
| January 2025 | €110M | €247M | −€137M |
| December 2024 | €197M | €127M | €70M |
| November 2024 | €146M | €157M | −€11M |
| October 2024 | €135M | €256M | −€120M |
| September 2024 | €199M | €161M | €38M |
| August 2024 | €106M | €187M | −€81M |
| July 2024 | €147M | €187M | −€40M |
| June 2024 | €166M | €182M | −€15M |
EU exports, imports and balance by month — extra-EU, EU27 reporter, latest 24 months.
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Source: Eurostat — Comext DS-059341 · EU27 reporter · extra-EU trade · value in EUR. Figures are indicative and may be revised; verify against Eurostat before relying on them.