KP Chair Ahmed Bin Sulayem (Ahmed Bin Sulayem) September 26 announced the program and speaker line-up of the forthcoming Special online manual evaluation of rough diamonds, which will be held in Antwerp on 30 September and will be organized in collaboration with the AWDC (Antwerp World Diamond Centre, AWDC) .
Bin Sulayem said: "Evaluation of the rough - a task that is not limited to one country, one diamond center or the Kimberley process - it is a critical challenge for the entire diamond industry. In particular, it is a priority for diamond exporting countries in Africa, who seek to maximize the value of their commodity wealth. "
The second special forum will be held in a closed workshop format, which will hold in-depth consultations with stakeholders and industry leaders. Four special section to discuss specific issues related to diamond evaluation.
Opening remarks will be given to Dan Devlin (Dan Devlin), Senior Economist, expert in taxation of natural resources of the OECD, which will affect the theme "Problems of evaluation of rough - an update on the work of the OECD in the understanding of valuation techniques."
At the first session will be held to discuss the problem of diamond evaluation in terms of the miners. Participants of the forum: Feriel Zeruki (Feriel Zerouki), head of relations with the government and industry, De Beers Group of companies; Dorothy Dzhizenga (Dorothee Gizenga), executive director of the Diamond Development Initiative Fund; Frederik Degriz (Frederik Degryse), marketing director of Dominion Diamond Corporation; Aleksey Genkin, CEO Grib Diamonds; and Andrey Polyakov, President of the World Diamond Council (WDC) and vice president of ALROSA.
The second session is called "work of the expert experience of compiling price lists of diamonds", and it will be attended by Ehud Cohen (Ehud Cohen), founder and chairman of Idex Online, and Richard Platt (Richard Platt), Director PolishedPrices.com.
The third session is called "The approach of appraisers and industry experts." The participants: Marriott Benjamin (Benjamin Marriott), Managing Director (Global) Diamond Counsellor International; Menachem Pelleg (Menachem Pelleg), President of Diamond Marketing Consultants; AJ Eyzeb (AJ Eiseb), Executive Chairman of Global Diamond Valuators Namibia (Pty) Ltd .; Frenk Govich (Frank Govic), Director of GTD Consulting; Lieve Peters (Lieve Peeters), a senior expert gemologist Infinity Diamonds and former expert of the Belgian government in the Antwerp Diamond Office; and Dr. Casper Fithen (Casper Fithen), COO Martello Risk.
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Arun Dzheytli, Finance Minister of India, offered to discuss further steps to support the rights of small businesses, but at the same time stated that the tax on jewelry will be saved.
Indian jewelers since March 3, on strike, protesting against the government's decision to levy a 1 percent excise tax on the purchase of gold jewelry that provides a new draft budget.
"With the luxury items to be paid the taxes. With regard to the removal of bureaucratic barriers, I am ready to listen to offers (representatives of the jewelry industry) to simplify procedures, so as not to infringe on the rights of jewelers. I am willing to go the extra steps in this direction. However, the situation in which the luxury goods not taxed, can not continue indefinitely in India ", - the minister said.
Finance Minister also said that the 1 per cent tax will be levied only jewelers with a turnover above 120 million rupees (about $ 1.8 million). Since some masters are not subject to this tax, they will have no need to register, pay a fee, provide information on profit and maintain any books. "We produced a very clear rules only major manufacturers will be responsible for the payment of excise It would not address the workers or small traders Plank (for payment of excise duty) was set at a very high level..." - adds Dzheytli.
According to the Ministry of Finance notification, the application for registration in the system of excise duties and the data on profit can be submitted online. Field staff will ensure trouble-free registration within two working days. After the registration is not carried out any physical inspection of premises of producers, and they will also not be required to declare their stocks before the entry into force of the new draft budget.
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