Imports of tin and tin products in January-November 2025 increased by 42.5% to $4.062 million. In November, imports amounted to $582,000.
At the same time, exports of tin and tin products in the first 11 months of 2025 amounted to $241,000, and in November — $89,000, compared to $389,000 in the same period of 2024.
In 2024, imports of tin and tin products increased by 16.9% to $3.188 million, while exports amounted to $389,000.
In 2023, imports of tin and tin products decreased by 23% to $2.728 million, while exports amounted to $159 thousand, compared to $424 thousand in 2022.
Tin is mainly used as a safe, non-toxic, corrosion-resistant coating in its pure form or in alloys with other metals. The main industrial applications of tin are in white tin (tinned iron) for the manufacture of food containers, in solders for electronics, in domestic piping, in bearing alloys, and in coatings made of tin and its alloys. The most important tin alloy is bronze (with copper).
