ICA Ambassador Reports

We anticipated buyers coming mainly from Italy, but in fact, we found people coming from several European countries and others like UK, France,...

The French vaccine programme started very slowly compared to European neighbours. But the government push to accelerate before the summer period.

The trend is definitely strong with sapphires (all colors, including Montana’s) and emeralds. Tourmalines and aquamarines are also popular. So, I...

Gem business is, of course, still slow as the foreigners are still not allowed to travel to Thailand.

Vietnamese retail/consumer demand and trends shows that the high-end market has been doing well, especially with large size diamonds and big size...

Mining communities have been significantly impacted as a whole depending on which country of origin is being considered.

Fortunately, we still see business going well. For the same reasons as before. People are working from home. Not travelling, no restaurants open, etc.

Last February news about positives cases in other countries began, in the month of March the Spanish government, due to the increase in contagions...

In general life is good in Thailand. Total cases of Covid-19 as of today is 3,977 cases. Unfortunately for the Gem business thing are not so great....

The criteria for international travel are the same for any trip outside the home in France and requires the same attestation (permission form) to be...

The only requirement is that a Covid-19 test is taken no more than 96 hours prior to travel, and a Covid Negative Certificate is presented on exit...

Travel Restrictions During the Pandemic, To and From Your Country: A review from many of your ICA Directors