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| TABLE 1 | |||||||||||||
| SALIENT TIN STATISTICS1 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||
| U | |||||||||||||
| Production, secondary, contained tine | metric tons | 6,700 | 6,760 | 5,500 | 5,240 | r | 11,800 | ||||||
| Exports, refined tin | do. | 4,350 | 2,940 | 3,690 | 3,650 | 4,330 | |||||||
| Imports for consumption, refined tin | do. | 37,500 | 42,200 | 37,100 | 47,600 | 37,500 | |||||||
| Consumption, contained tin: | |||||||||||||
| Primary | do. | 34,200 | 34,000 | 32,900 | 36,700 | r | 32,200 | ||||||
| S | do. | 7,630 | 5,830 | 4,510 | 7,990 | r | 9,170 | ||||||
| S | do. | 9,620 | 8,930 | r | 7,960 | 8,980 | r | 8,270 | |||||
| Prices, average, contained tin: | |||||||||||||
| N | cents per pound | 211.48 | 194.75 | 232.36 | 409.37 | 360.93 | |||||||
| Platts Metals Week composite | do. | 314.88 | 291.97 | 339.78 | 547.30 | 483.04 | |||||||
| London, United Kingdom | do. | 203.00 | 184.00 | 222.00 | 385.00 | 334.00 | |||||||
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | do. | 200.77 | 184.35 | 221.67 | 385.11 | 333.55 | |||||||
| World, production, contained tin: | |||||||||||||
| metric tons | 246,000 | r | 233,000 | r | 258,000 | r | 298,000 | r | 292,000 | e | |||
| Smelter: | |||||||||||||
| P | do. | 272,000 | r | 266,000 | r | 268,000 | r | 297,000 | r | 329,000 | e | ||
| S | do. | 16,200 | 14,200 | 11,900 | 11,700 | r | 20,200 | e | |||||
| Undifferentiated | do. | -- | 70 | r, e | 200 | r | 200 | r, e | 200 | e | |||
| eEstimated. rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||||
| 1Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices. | |||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program