Salient Tin Statistics

TABLE 1
SALIENT TIN STATISTICS¹

		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006
United States:
Production, secondary, contained tin^e	metric tons	6,760		5,500		5,240		11,700	^r	11,600
Exports, refined tin	do.	2,940		3,690		3,650		4,330		5,490
Imports for consumption, refined tin	do.	42,200		37,100		47,600		37,500		43,300
Consumption, contained tin:
Primary	do.	34,000		32,900		36,700		31,400	^r	42,600
Secondary	do.	5,830		4,510		7,990		9,170		11,900
St	do.	8,930		7,960		8,970	^r	8,080	^r	11,800
Prices, average, contained tin:
New York, NY, market	cents per pound	194.75		232.36		409.37		360.94		419.49
Platts Metals Week composite	do.	291.97		339.78		547.30		483.05	^r	565.12
London, United Kingdom	do.	184.00		222.00		385.00		334.00		398.00
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	do.	184.35		221.67		385.11		333.55		397.69
World, production, contained tin:
Mine	metric tons	235,000	^r	259,000	^r	301,000	^r	299,000	^r	304,000	^e
Smelter:
Primary	do.	266,000		270,000	^r	296,000	^r	324,000	^r	347,000	^e
Secondary	do.	14,200		11,900		11,700		20,200		19,100	^e
Undifferentiated	do.	70	^e	200		200	^e	200		--
^eEstimated. ^rRevised. -- Zero.
¹Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices.