In the first ten months of 2025, Ukraine increased imports of tin and tin products by 31.5% to $3.48 million, while exports decreased to $0.15 million.
In October, imports amounted to $0.41 million, and exports to $0.02 million.
In 2024, tin imports increased by 16.9% to $3.19 million, while exports amounted to $0.39 million compared to $0.16 million in 2023.
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 of tin and its alloys. The most important tin alloy is bronze (with copper).
