THE United States signed a trade agreement with the Republic of Mauritius on September 18 to boost trade between the two nations. Mauritius exported some $22.5 million in polished diamonds to the United States in 2005, up 159 percent from 2004, according to the Commerce Department. Some $15 million in polished goods were less than 0.50-carats.
From January through July 2006 the island nation has exported $9.2 million in polished goods to the United States. Mauritius’s foreign minister Madan Murlidhar Dulloo signed the accord with deputy trade representative Karan Bhatia of the United States to increase trade between the two nations.
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