In January 2026, imports of tin and tin products fell by 27% to $168,000 (in December – $290,000).
Exports of tin and tin products in January 2026 amounted to $226,000 (in December — $89,000), while in January 2025 there were no exports.
In 2025, imports of tin and tin products increased by 36.5% to $4.352 million.
Exports of tin and tin products amounted to $241,000, compared to $389,000 in the 12 months of 2024.
In 2024, imports of tin and tin products increased by 16.9% to $3.188 million.
Exports of tin and tin products amounted to $389 thousand, compared to $159 thousand in 2023.
In 2023, Ukraine imported less tin and tin products — $2.728 million (-23%).
Exports of tin and tin products amounted to $159,000, compared to $424,000 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 tinplate (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).
The Supervisory Board of VUSO Insurance Company has approved the renewed composition of the Management Board, appointing Olga Levchenko and Igor Frolov, internal specialists, as Deputy Chairpersons of the Management Board, according to information from the insurer.
“The renewal of the board’s composition provides a balance of professional expertise and fresh perspectives, which strengthens the team. This allows us to combine proven approaches with new ideas, increases decision-making flexibility, and contributes to the consistent implementation of business goals,” emphasized Mikhail Nazarchuk, chairman of the insurance company’s supervisory board.
According to the information, Olga Levchenko has more than 23 years of experience in the insurance industry. She has many years of experience in management positions in insurance companies, and for the last three years she has been overseeing the development of medical insurance at VUSO. In her new position, she will focus on medical and travel insurance and underwriting.
Igor Frolov has been working in the financial sector since 2007. In 2016, he headed the central branch of VUSO in Kyiv and managed sales in the region. As a member of the Management Board, he is responsible for alternative sales channels, customer and non-operational support, marketing, and partnerships with tour operators.
As noted in the information, the current composition of the Management Board is as follows: Chairman of the Management Board Andriy Artyukhov, Deputy Chairpersons of the Management Board Olga Kabanets, Olga Levchenko, and Igor Frolov.
VUSO Insurance Company was founded in 2001. According to the NBU, the company ranks fourth among non-life insurers in Ukraine in terms of premiums collected for the first nine months of 2025.
On April 23, 2024, the National Bank of Ukraine reissued the company’s licenses to conduct insurance activities (33 for voluntary and 17 for compulsory types of insurance). VUSO Insurance Company has 34 representative offices, 2 branches, and more than 20 agency sales centers throughout the country.
The government has set a goal for all regions to develop cogeneration to the maximum extent possible, primarily to ensure critical infrastructure, as well as to take measures to ensure energy autonomy in island mode, said Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko.
“Each region needs to have such detailed energy development plans and implement them. Everything that can be restored must be restored. Everything that can be protected must be protected, at least with a second level of protection,” Sviridenko said at a meeting with journalists in Kyiv on Friday.
She stressed that this winter is the harshest in many years and one of the most difficult in four years of full-scale invasion.
According to her, in the context of unprecedented shelling by Russia, Ukraine needs much larger stocks of equipment and air defense systems.
“Our air defense is working at full capacity. Energy companies are also working beyond their capabilities. Without the help of our partners in terms of equipment and air defense missiles, we will not be able to defend ourselves as effectively as in previous years,” the prime minister said.
At the same time, she noted that the efforts of the government and local authorities to decentralize energy supply are already yielding results.
The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center reports difficult weather conditions on Sunday and Monday, February 15-16, – in the west and north of Ukraine, significant snow, wet snow, wet snow sticking, icy roads, in the south and southwest, fog at night and in the morning, in the Carpathians, wind gusts of 15-20 m/s.
It is reported that on February 15, during the day, there will be heavy snow, wet snow, and wet snow sticking in the western and northern regions, with icy roads; in the Cherkasy and Poltava regions, there will be heavy rain and wet snow; in the south and southwest of the country, there will be fog at night and in the morning, and in the Carpathians and in the southern part of the country, there will be wind gusts of 15-20 m/s (level I hazard, yellow).
On the night of February 16, heavy snow in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions, with rain in the Sumy region, and heavy precipitation, mainly in the form of rain, in the Cherkasy, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions (hazard level I, yellow).
It is noted that weather conditions may complicate the work of energy, construction, and utility companies and the daily lives of the population, as well as disrupt transportation.
Number of dead and wounded civilians in Ukraine from 24.02.2022 till 30.09.2025
