Before the 1980's, China’s pearl output was mainly directed toward exports. For the 1990's, the domestic sales volume also rapidly rises, synchronizing development of both the foreign and domestic pearl markets.During 1971, for the first time, China exported only 0.6 kilograms of pearls to Japan.
In 1972 the amount of pearls exported to Japan rose to 11.7 kilograms. In 1974, the amount rose to 608.5 kilograms. In 1977 the amount of pearls rapidly rose to 6.5 tons. By 1981 the amount became 11.4 tons,
In 1984 the Chinese pearl production output achieved 117 tons, surpassing Japan’s 1969 historical maximum production rate. In 1986 the Chinese Jiangsu Province’s annual production achieved 137 tons, surpassing the Japanese highest historical maximum output, the Chinese pearl industry entered a new rapid development stage. Also reported, in 1999, the world pearl output was 1262 tons, in which China produced 1220 tons, and accounted for 95% of the world’s pearl production. Freshwater pearls accounted for 1200 tons, and saltwater pearls accounted for 20 tons of China’s pearl production. Buy Pearl Earring from amazingpearl.com.
Although the above statistical count may possibly be somewhat low for China’s total pearl production, the result of incomplete statistics, the data that was recorded provides an important informational reference value. The documented statistical data shows that for more than 20 years, Chinese pearl production output continuously surpasses the combined pearl production of all other Countries combined. China has made a most important contribution for the world pearl industry development, and has become the world’s Pearl Kingdom. Buy Pearl Jewelry for Special Occasion