Indonesia’s refined tin exports in December were estimated at 8,508 tonnes, up 124% from 3,806 tonnes in the same month a year ago, according to trade ministry data reported by Reuters on Tuesday. The data comes from surveying companies employed by the ministry to check tin shipments prior to export.
Exports in the final quarter of 2008 were exceptionally low, as all the main independent smelters stopped exporting tin as a result of the slump in tin prices to a low of some $10,000/tonne. In the full year 2009 the tonnage of tin checked for export was 99,287 tonnes, against 88,162 tonnes in 2008.
