968 MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1985 
 
Table 1O.—U.S. exports and imports for consumption of tin, tinplate,
and terneplate 
in various forms; exports of ingots, pigs, bars; imports of tinplate scrap

 Ingots pigs bars Tinplate and terneplate Tmplate 
 Exports Exports1 Imports Imports 
 Year Q"~" Value Quan- Value Quan- Value Quan- Value 
  tity (tho tity (th tity (th tity (tho 
 (metric sands) (metric san~ ~ ~ ( 
 1983 1,340 $17,305 171,121 $83,827 266,548 $168,413 2,144 $188 
 1984 1,429 14,409 154,679 93,033 338,630 203,147 4,755 480 
 1985 1,478 16,744 155,119 85,000 381,137 222,504 3,815 441 
 
 
1Tinplate circles, strips, and cobbles are included with exports of tinplate
and terneplate. 
 
Source: Bureau of the Census. 
 
 
Table 11.—U.S. imports for consumption of tin, by country 
1984 
Country  Quantity   Value (metric tons) (thousands) 
1985 
 
 
Quantity 
(metric tons) 
Value 
(thousands) 
Concentrates (tin content): 
 Australia_ —— —— (1) $22 
 Bolivia 271 $1,782 22 97 
 Cansda 1 1 24 102 
 Mexico 17 78 32 102 
 Peru 2,502 14,308 1,506 9,966 
 Singapore 46 475 —— —— 
 SouthAfrica,Republicof 3 28 32 351 
 Thailand 403 3,883 20 19 
 Zaire 29 306 —— —— 
 
Total2 
 3,272 20,862 1,636 10,659 
Metal:3 
Australia. 
Belgium-Luxembourg__________________________ 
Bolivia 
Brazil______________________________________ 
Burma_____________________________________ 
Canada_____________________________________ 
Chad______________________________________ 
Chile______________________________________ 
China____________________________________ 
Denmark.___________________________________ 
France_____________________________________ 
Germany,FederalRepublicof____________________ 
HongKong__________________________________ 
India______________________________________ 
Indonesia___________________________________ 
Japan______________________________________ 
Korea, Republic of_____________________________ 
Malaysia___________________________________ 
Netherlands_________________________________ 
Nigeria_____________________________________ 
Norway____________________________________ 
Paraguay___________________________________ 
Philippines__________________________________ 
Rwanda 
Singapore___________________________________ 
South Africa, Republic of  
Sweden 
Switzerland_________________________________ 
Taiwan 
Thailand 
United Arab Emirates  
United Kingdom  
Zaire 
Zimbabwe 
 
Total2 
 
rRe~ 
1L~ than 1/2 unit. 
2Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
3Bars, blocks, pigs, or granulated. 
 
Source: Bureau of the Census. 
 288 4,179 266  3,060 
 137 1,688 ——  —— 
 5,438 67,742 1,815  21,187 
 10,220 126,190 11,021  127,128 
 64 776 ——  —— 
 8 66 18  233 
 —— —— 20  245 
 218 3,713 673  7,392 
 1,640 20,596 4,513  60,126 
 40 489 ——  —— 
 —— —— 167  1,803 
 r(a) 11 147  1,574 
 —— —— 258  2,954 
 —— —— 450  5,012 
 4,985 62,224 4,586  53,753 
 20 242 188  2,131 
 —— —— 3  41 
 6,622 80,546 379  4,503 
 140 1,743 45  499 
 60 788 ——  —— 
 —— —— 149  1,838 
 1 6 ——  —— 
 20 r258 ——  —— 
 30 367 ——  —— 
 781 4,128 1,886  22,156 
 10 121 105  1,282 
 —— —— 280  2,948 
 —— —— 50 ~ 589 
 —— —— 120  1,423 
 9,531 104,657 6,373  75,423 
 —— —— 129  1,225 
 583 7,253 48  600 
 89 787 ——  —— 
 296 3,462 140  1,283 
 41,224 492,030 
 
 33,830 400,408