Table 8.--Tin prices (Average dollars per pound) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .21 .21 .23 .21 .18 .20 .22 .25 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .26 .21 .21 .21 .21 .20 .18 .14 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .13 .14 .16 .25 .30 .17 .27 .28 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .28 .31 .40 .38 .30 .30 .30 .42 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .46 .44 .34 .39 .44 .62 .89 .63 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .48 .30 .33 .43 .50 .58 .65 .64 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .50 .45 .32 .25 .22 .39 .52 .50 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .46 .54 .42 .50 .50 .52 .53 .43 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- .52 .52 .55 .56 1.00 1.00 .96 1.27 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- 1.21 .96 .92 .95 1.01 .96 .95 1.02 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. Table 8.--Tin prices--Continued (Average dollars per pound) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer-------- 1.01 1.13 1.15 1.17 1.58 1.79 1.64 1.53 Kuala Lumpur----------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price-------- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA New York dealer2/------ 1.48 1.64 1.74 1.67 1.78 2.28 3.96 3.40 Kuala Lumpur3/--------- NA NA NA 1.67 1.68 2.14 3.56 3.04 London Metal Exchange-- NA NA NA NA 1.71 2.19 3.71 3.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Composite price1/------ 3.80 5.35 6.30 7.54 8.46 7.33 6.54 6.55 New York dealer2/------ 3.49 4.99 5.87 7.11 7.73 6.48 5.87 6.01 Kuala Lumpur3/--------- 3.39 4.86 5.68 6.72 7.46 6.38 5.87 5.91 London Metal Exchange-- 3.48 4.91 5.84 7.02 7.63 6.50 5.81 5.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Composite price1/------ 6.24 4/5.96 4/3.83 4.19 4.41 5.20 3.86 New York dealer2/------ 5.68 4/5.26 4/2.94 3.09 3.31 3.97 2.88 Kuala Lumpur3/--------- 5.65 4/5.41 4/2.72 3.03 3.20 3.87 2.76 London Metal Exchange-- 5.58 4/5.57 NA NA NA 3.82 2.81 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA Not available. 1/Metals Week composite price (1976-90). 2/Average New York price for Straits tin (1970-90). 3/Straits tin, ex-works Penang started being quoted in Metals Week in 1971 and continued until 1985 when Kuala Lumpur replaced Penang as the reference market. 4/Prices quoted for 10 months only because the funds used by the International Tin Council, to support the tin price, were exhausted. Source: Metals Week.