World Tin Production and Consumption
The greater part of the tin comes from the Malay Peninsula, which furnishes 60.6 per cent., not counting the Dutch East Indies, which give 19 per cent. Following this come Australia, with 7.9 per cent.; Cornwall, 6.1; and Bolivia, 7.9 per cent. It may be remarked that forty years ago Cornwall furnished 50 per cent. of the total. The most productive region is that part of the Malay Peninsula extending from Burma and Siam to Sumatra. A considerable proportion of the tin which is taken from this region is carried into China, and thus escapes the control of statistics. In the Australian region the chief center of production is Tasmania. The principal consumers for 1898 have been the United States, 25,000 tons; Great Britain, 13,000; Germany, 14,500; and France, 8,500 tons. The exportation of tin plate from Great Britain has been 251,769 tons, and that country consumes 150,000 tons. The production of America for the year is estimated at 327,000 tons. The total production of tin plate is estimated at 750,000 tons, and the tin required for its manufacture reaches 20,000 to 25,000 tons.