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The Latest market information of Hetian Jades:

The distribution of high quality

Hetian jade is to start in Hetain which is the place of origin, then through Urmqi for the largest jade trading market, Beijing for jades (high quality), Shanghai for jade articles and carvings (medium quality), and Suzhou and Guangzhou for general carving materials.

As the better prices offered in Beijing, the high quality jade founded by Uygur people will be transported to Beijing. Additionally, Hetain pebble jades are the most popular jade transactions in Beijing and the price of jade carvings is incomparable to the price of pebble jades. Therefore, Beijing is the first station of Hetian jade distribution. All the Hetian jades will be firstly selected by buyers in Beijing and then Shanghai. The rest of Hetian jades will then be transported to other cities. Consequently, the high quality jade are only available in Beijing and Shanghai. So they can hardly be seen in Taiwan.

After Hetain jades mined in Hetian, the place of origin, those will be sold to jade wholesalers in Urmqi via the jade distributors. The larger jade market in Urmqi is located in Er-Qiao-Tou and Min Street jade market, which are famous jade trading markets.

In the past, there were peak season and low season for Hetian jade trade. For example, during the peak travel season in the summer, a huge number of tourists rushed in Urmqi and purchased lots of pebble jades and jade carvings. On the contrast, the number of tourists in Urmqi declined significantly in the winter as its cold weather. That is the low season for Hetain jades transactions.

No Low Season in an Advancing Market

A flood period in autumn results in degradation and an increasing output, Hetian jades in low season are normally uncompetitive in price. However, it was opposite in 2006 and there was a rising in price. The possible reasons are below:

1. An unbalance in supply and demand is a result from a greater demand than supply.
2. Collecting tendency has been established and leads to panic purchase in Beijing and Shanghai.
3. As bulk jade mining results in a tremendous damage of ecological environment, China President Hu Jintao has issued an order on implementing the restriction on Hetian jade mining activities. Only mining permit holders are allowed to conduct mining activities and only with man-made recovery but not with machineries. Unfortunately, the man-made recovery is costly and thus the price of Hetain jades continues shooting up.

GemsKing has been monitoring the jade market closely and constantly. According to the information collected, it indicates that yearly growth rate in jade price is multiple and its growth trend is the same as the trend of petrol price. A rising petrol price normally starts in the place of origin and following by petrol wholesalers. Similarly, the first increase in pebble price is in Hetian, the place of origin, following by Beijing and Shanghai. Thus, it will be too late to purchase jade afterwards and the best timing to purchase jade is right now.

Large and high quality pebble jades are priced at between RMB $10,000 and $30,000 per kilo. Curio jades weighted at between 50 and 200 grams are the most popular jades and with the most obvious growth rate in price. The small and top quality pebble jades currently priced at between RMB $30,000 and $50,000 per kilo or even greater.

Definitely, if you have extra money and would like to have precious collections, it will be the most ideal investment to collect Hetian pebble jades. GemsKing will also recommend you to collect large pebble jades if you are very knowledgeable about Hetian pebble jades. Since large pebble jades are pricey and cost at least millions RMB Yuan, only a few people are interested in purchasing them, resulting in their stable prices. On the other hand, for the beginners, it would be better to start their collection with the curio pebble jades. Although their prices boost at the moment, they have advantages of appreciation, amusement, realization, and collectable. They can be a start of your collections.