Table 2.--Tin: world mine production, by country1/ (Metric tons) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Argentina-------------------------- 379 186 446 405 400 Australia-------------------------- 8,508 7,691 7,009 7,709 7,377 Bolivia---------------------------- 10,462 8,128 10,504 15,849 17,249 Brazil----------------------------- 26,246 30,405 44,102 50,232 39,149 Burma------------------------------ 1,495 939 529 501 634 Burundi---------------------------- -- 5 50 106 150 Cameroon--------------------------- 9 6 3 3 3 Canada----------------------------- 2,450 3,390 3,300 3,300 3,464 Chinae/---------------------------- 15,000 20,000 38,000 40,000 42,000 Czechoslovakia--------------------- 200 550 515 562 550 Germany Federal Republic of: Eastern statese/----------------- 2,200 2,400 2,500 2,360 1,500 Indonesia-------------------------- 24,497 26,093 29,500 31,263 30,200 Japan------------------------------ 500 86 -- -- -- Korea, Republic of----------------- 1 3 -- -- -- Laose/----------------------------- 550 450 300 2/281 275 Malaysia--------------------------- 29,135 30,388 28,866 32,034 28,468 Mexico----------------------------- 585 369 274 159 7 Mongoliae/------------------------- 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,200 320 Namibia---------------------------- 880 1,097 1,182 1,120 900 Niger------------------------------ 80 94 119 71 38 Nigeria---------------------------- 460 603 300 254 165 Peru------------------------------- 4,817 5,263 4,378 5,053 5,134 Portugal--------------------------- 196 64 81 63 1,404 Rwanda----------------------------- 29 -- 1 762 734 South Africa, Republic of---------- 2,054 1,438 1,377 1,306 1,140 Spain------------------------------ 296 71 66 64 49 Tanzaniae/------------------------- 5 2 2 15 15 Thailand--------------------------- 16,800 14,852 14,225 14,922 14,635 Ugandae/--------------------------- 18 10 10 10 10 U.S.S.R.e/------------------------- 14,500 16,000 16,000 16,000 15,000 United Kingdom--------------------- 4,276 4,003 3,454 3,846 4,200 United States---------------------- W W W W W Vietname/-------------------------- 650 680 700 850 900 Zaire3/---------------------------- 2,650 2,378 2,771 2,346 2,221 Zambia----------------------------- e/2 17 1 1 1 Zimbabwee/------------------------- 1,470 1,410 1,140 1,300 1,120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total------------------------- 172,400 180,271 212,905 233,777 219,412 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- e/Estimated. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data; not included in "Total." 1/Contained tin basis. Data derived in part from the Monthly Statistical Bulletin of the International Tin Council, London. Table includes data available through June 28, 1991. 2/Reported figure. 3/Nonduplicated total of content of concentrates plus smelter production.