TIN PRODUCTION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 137, 11 June 1937, Page 12

TIN PRODUCTION

GROWING WORLD TOTAL CONSUMPTION ALSO RISES. World production of tin for the first quarter of this year was 43,800 tons, against 39,065 tons in the corresponding period last year, according to figures issued by the International Tin Research and Development Council. For the year ended March, 1937, world production totalled 177,400 tons, against 147,000 tons in the previous year. An important increase of over 16 per cent, is recorded for tin consumption in the United States, where 78,28' tor a were used in the year under review. In Russia there was a 38 per cent, increase, which places that country third among tin consuming count l ies, with a record consumption of 10,453 tons. There was a slight decrease in United Kingdom consumption to 21,627 tons in the year ended February, 1937. Consumption in Germany decreased by nearly 8 per cent, and in Italy by about 57 per cent. Among countries in which consumption increased substantially are France, with a 23 per cent, increase; Japan, 31 per cent; Czechoslovakia, 32 per cent; Belgium, 23 per cent; and Poland, 42 per cent. The tinplate and automobile industries are contributing very substantially to the increased tin consumption this year. In the year ended February--1937, 62,700 tons of tin were used in the world tinplate industry, against 52,800 tons in the preceding year, while the world motor industry is

estimated to have used 13,500 tons against 11,900 tons. In January-Feb-ruary, 1937, world production of tinplate amounted to 662,000 tons, against 553,000 tons in January-Febru-ary, 1936, and world production of automobiles in these periods totalled 982,000 vehicles and 863,00 vehicles respectively.