Taxation of Property

November 28, 1981 there are rumours of an impending 15 to 20 per cent increase by DTC in prices of roughs supplied to India so as to lower prices of better quality roughs sup- LETTER TO EDITOR Taxation of Property it needs to be borne in mind that these figures relate to gross export; net export receipts, after allowing for the cost of imported rough diamonds, are considerably smaller.) The industry's optimism stems From two favourable factors, viz, the changing pattern of demand for processed diamonds in the main consuming countries, and the better availability of rough diamonds from the Central Selling Organisation (CSO) which is an associate company of De Beers Consolidated Mines of South Africa.