Surat Diamond Polishing Cooperative Gujarat

Surat in Gujarat is the diamond polishing capital of the world, cutting and polishing over ninety percent of all diamonds sold globally. The city has over eight thousand polishing factories ranging from large corporate units to small family cooperative workshops. Polishers in Surat are predominantly Saurashtra Patel community migrants who have built a cooperative supply chain from rough diamond import at SURAT to finished stone export. Cooperative credit societies in Surat fund polisher working capital. Surat Diamond Bourse, inaugurated in 2023, is the world largest office building, housing thousands of diamond trading and polishing cooperative firms. The Surat diamond cooperative sector employs over six hundred thousand workers.