The World Federation of Diamond Bourses, founded in 1947, was created to provide bourses trading in rough and polished

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s and precious stones with a common set of trading practices. It is composed of 30 member diamond bourses. Their headquarters are in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

. Members of The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) act as a medium for wholesale diamond exchange, trading both polished and rough diamonds. The WFDB consists of independent diamond bourses in major centers of the diamond trade such as Tel Aviv, Antwerp, Mumbai, Johannesburg, London and New York and other cities across the USA, Europe and Asia. The WFDB provides a legal framework and convenes to enact regulations for its members. The following is a list of the 30 bourses. *

Antwerpsche Diamantkring The Antwerpsche Diamantkring was established in 1928 in Antwerp, Belgium, to become the first diamond bourse worldwide that is dedicated exclusively to rough diamonds trade. It is a member of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses The World Fede ...

CVBA (Belgium) * Bangkok Diamonds and Precious Stones Exchange (Thailand) * Beurs voor Diamanthandel CVBA (Belgium) *

Bharat Diamond Bourse Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) is the world's largest diamond bourse (exchange) and is located in Mumbai, India. Spread over a 20-acre plot, the complex is home to some 2,500 small and large diamond traders in addition to the Custom House, banks an ...

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) * Borsa Diamanti D'Italia (Italy) *

Borsa Istanbul The Borsa İstanbul (abbreviated as BIST) is the sole exchange entity of Turkey combining the former Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) ( tr, İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası, IMKB), the Istanbul Gold Exchange ( tr, İstanbul Altın Borsası, İA ...

(Turkey) * Diamant- und Edelsteinbörse E.V. (Germany) * Diamant- Club Wien (Austria) * Diamantclub van Antwerpen CVBA (Belgium) * Diamond Bourse of Canada * Diamond Bourse of Southeast United States, Inc. *

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* Diamond Club West Coast, Inc. (United States) * Diamond Dealers Club of New York (United States) -Based in the Diamond District in Midtown Manhattan, NY *

Diamond Dealers Club of Australia Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, ...

Diamond Dealers Club of South Africa Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, ...

Diamond Exchange of Singapore Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, ...

Dubai Diamond Exchange Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) is the UAE's largest free-trade zone that is located in the Jumeirah Lake Towers district of Dubai. Created in 2002, it serves as a commodities exchange that deals in four main sectors: precious commodi ...

Hong Kong Diamond Bourse Hong may refer to: Places * Høng, a town in Denmark * Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China * Hong, Nigeria * Hong River in China and Vietnam * Lake Hong in China Surnames * Hong (Chinese name) * Hong (Korean name) ...

Ltd. (People's Republic of China) *The Israel Diamond Exchange Ltd. *The

Israel Precious Stones and Diamonds Exchange Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Ltd. *

Korea Diamond Bourse Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic of ...

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London Diamond Bourse The London Diamond Bourse is a diamond exchange based in London's Hatton Garden area. As of 2016, it had been trading for 76 years, and with rising property costs in the Hatton Garden area, the bourse was considering a move out of the center of Lo ...

(United Kingdom) * Moscow Diamond Bourse (Russian Federation) *The

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Ltd. * Panama Diamond Exchange *

Shanghai Diamond Exchange Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

(People's Republic of China) * Tokyo Diamond Exchange Inc. (Japan) * Vereniging Beurs voor den Diamanthandel (Netherlands) * Vrije Diamanthandel NV (Belgium) Associated member: * The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council India (GJEPC) * Hong Kong Indian Diamond Association (HKIDA)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:World Federation Of Diamond Bourses International organisations based in Belgium International trade organizations * Organizations established in 1947

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