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| TABLE 9 | |||||||||||
| TIN:� WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2 | |||||||||||
| (Metric tons) | |||||||||||
| Country | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005e� | ||||||
| Australia | 9,602 | 6,268 | 3,819 | 800 | 2,800 | 3 | |||||
| Bolivia | 12,352 | 15,242 | 16,755 | 17,569 | r | 18,694 | 3 | ||||
| Brazil | 13,016 | 12,063 | 12,217 | 12,468 | r | 12,500 | p | ||||
| Burma4 | 659 | r | 456 | r | 606 | r | 526 | r | 500 | ||
| Burundi | 3 | r | -- | 5 | r | 10 | e | 10 | |||
| Chinae | 95,000 | 62,000 | 102,000 | 118,000 | r | 120,000 | |||||
| Congo (Kinshasa)e | 50 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 80 | ||||||
| Indonesia� | 61,862 | 88,142 | 71,694 | 65,772 | r | 80,000 | 3 | ||||
| Kyrgyzstane | 300 | 300 | -- | -- | -- | ||||||
| Laos� | 490 | 366 | 360 | e | 400 | r | 450 | ||||
| Malaysia | 4,972 | 4,215 | 3,359 | 2,745 | r | 3,000 | 3 | ||||
| Mexico� | 8 | 9 | 21 | e | 24 | 17 | |||||
| Nambia | -- | e | -- | e | 43 | 15 | -- | ||||
| Niger | 9 | e | 11 | 11 | e | 3,100 | r | 3,100 | |||
| Nigeriae, 5 | 2,870 | 3 | 790 | 3 | 1,800 | r | 1,000 | r | 1,500 | ||
| Peru | 38,182 | 38,815 | 40,202 | 67,675 | r | 42,145 | 3 | ||||
| Portugal� | 1,174 | 361 | 200 | e | 500 | 200 | |||||
| Russiae | 2,000 | 1,300 | 2,000 | 2,500 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Rwanda | 169 | 197 | 192 | e | 300 | r | 300 | ||||
| Spaine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Thailand | 1,950 | 1,130 | 793 | r | 586 | r | 600 | 3 | |||
| Uganda | 18 | -- | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Vietname | 1,700 | r | 1,700 | r | 2,100 | r | 3,500 | r | 3,500 | ||
| Total | 246,000 | r | 233,000 | r | 258,000 | r | 298,000 | r | 292,000 | ||
| eEstimated. �pPreliminary.� rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||
| 1World totals and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | |||||||||||
| 2Table includes data available through July 18, 2006. | |||||||||||
| 3Reported figure. | |||||||||||
| 4Includes content of tin-tungsten concentrate. | |||||||||||
| 5Concentrate gross weight reported, estimated 62% tin content. | |||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program