statistics about pearls production market

[hsierragoldberg]

Dear Sirs:

I am a postgraduate student who It is making his thesis.
I need the world statistics market for pearls. The production by country and It`s prices.
I have some HS Codes 7101.10-000; 7101.21-010 to 7101.21-090; 7101.22-210 to 7101.22-290. Are there others HS Codes for pearls?.
Is It possible to obtain the information?.
Sincerely

Hugo P. Sierra Goldberg
Agronomy Engineer Mg. Sc.
Student of Magister in Technological Management
Universidad de Talca, Campus Santiago of Chile
mail: hsierragoldberg@yahoo.com.ar

[jshepherd]

This is about it, I believe.


7101 PEARLS, NATURAL OR CULTURED, WHETHER OR NOT WORKED
OR GRADED BUT NOT STRUNG, PEARLS, NATURAL OR CULTURED, WHETHER OR NOT WORKED OR GRADED BUT NOT STRUNG, MOUNTED OR SET; PEARLS, NATURAL OR CULTURED, TEMPORARILY STRUNG FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRANSPORT

7101.10.0000 Natural pearls
7101.20.9999 Cultured pearls
7101.21.0000 Unworked
7101.22.0000 Worked

7116 ARTICLES OF NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR
SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES ARTICLES OF NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES (NATURAL, SYNTHETIC OR RECONSTRUCTED)
7116.10.0000 Of natural or cultured pearls
7116.20.1100 Necklaces, bracelets and other articles of natural precious or semi-precious stones, simply strung without fasteners or other accessories

7018 GLASS BEADS, IMITATION PEARLS, IMITATION PRECIOUS OR
SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES AND SIMILAR GLASS BEADS, IMITATION PEARLS, IMITATION PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES AND SIMILAR GLASS SMALLWARES, AND ARTICLES THEREOF OTHER THAN IMITATION JEWELLERY; GLASS EYES OTHER THAN PROSTHETIC ARTICLES; STATUETTES AND OTHER ORNAMENTS OF LAMP-WORKED GLASS, OTHER THAN IMITATION JEWELLERY; GLASS MICROSPHERES NOT EXCEEDING 1 mm IN DIAMETER
7018.10.1099 Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar glass smallwares:
7018.10.3000 Imitation pearls

[National Pearl]

What is the topic of your thesis? I am sure many of pearl-guide's pearl enthusiasts would love to read it when its complete!

[Zeide Erskine]

Hi Hugo,

I, too, am very curious about the subject of your thesis. Can you elaborate or does it involve patentable material?

Zeide