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Fancy-Color Diamond Prices Dip Slightly Amid Global Trade Tensions
Market shows resilience despite U.S. tariff concerns, with vivid pink diamonds leading both gains and losses.
Prices of fancy-color diamonds declined modestly by 0.3% in Q1 compared to the previous quarter, as cautious consumer sentiment persists in light of looming U.S. tariffs, according to the Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF). Pink diamonds saw the smallest dip at 0.1%, with larger stones in the fancy-vivid category performing strongly—10-carat stones rose by 3%, while 5-carat stones were up 1.1%. However, 1.5-carat fancy-vivid-pink diamonds recorded a 2.3% drop, ranking among the quarter’s biggest losers.
Blue fancy-color diamond prices edged down 0.5%, reflecting a stable market trend, while yellow diamonds fell 0.7%. The most significant drop came from the 3-carat fancy-intense yellow, which declined 3%.
Despite short-term fluctuations, the long-term trend remains positive: since 2005, pink diamond prices have soared 394%, blues have risen 242%, and yellows have gained 49%.
“While global trade anxieties — particularly around renewed US tariff proposals — have undoubtedly created caution across luxury sectors, the fancy-color diamond market remained impressively composed,” said FCRF CEO Roy Safit. “In fact, given the sharp rhetoric around import duties and reshoring, many expected a more dramatic correction. Instead, the data shows a contained, strategic repositioning. It speaks to the market’s growing maturity and the defensive appeal of vivid-color diamonds.”
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Global Diamond Markets and Overall Prices Remain Steady
Steady Prices Mask A Polarizing Market Where Specific Large Shapes Win and Poorly Cut Diamonds Stagnate.
The natural diamond and high-end jewelry sectors are experiencing a period of selective resilience. While macro-market prices remain steady, structural shifts in consumer preference, inventory drawdowns, and geographic demand variations are creating distinct “winners and losers” across diamond cuts, sizes, and geographies.
- Macro Overview: Global markets and overall prices remain steady. Dossier prices continue to recover—particularly in the 0.30 ct. round collection goods—following a significant inventory drop.
- B2B Buyer Behavior: Demand remains patchy. Wholesale buyers are strictly purchasing to fulfill specific, pre-existing orders rather than buying for inventory.
- Category Winners: Sales are heavily concentrated in 2-carat and larger diamonds. While rounds are stable, long fancy shapes (Ovals, Marquises, Emeralds) are outperforming rounds in the 2 ct.+ category. High-quality Marquises, long Radiants, and long Cushions are in short supply.
- Shape Premiums & Trends: > * Marquise is currently the most expensive fancy shape.
- Long Cushions are highly liquid, trading at a 20% to 25% premium over square cushions.
- Antique cuts/styles and well-proportioned, elongated Ovals (D–I color, VS–SI clarity) see robust demand, especially in the US.
- Illiquidity Risk: Poorly proportioned fancy shapes remain entirely illiquid.
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