Ukrainian enterprises in January-August of this year increased imports of tin and tin products by 7.8% – up to $1.842 mln (in August – $307 thousand).
Exports of tin and products amounted to $344 thousand ($2 thousand in August) against $53 thousand in the same period a year earlier.
Tin is used primarily as a safe, non-toxic coating in pure form or in alloys with other metals. The main industrial applications of tin are in white tinplate (tin-plated iron) for food containers, in solder for electronics, in house piping, in bearing alloys and in coatings made of tin and its alloys. The most important alloy of tin is bronze (with copper). Another well-known alloy – pewter – is used for the manufacture of tableware.
