Another low month for Indonesian exports
Provisional data released today by the Indonesian trade ministry shows refined tin exports of 5,848 tonnes in March, down by 37% compared to March 2013. The first quarter tonnage for this year, based on pre-shipment checks by surveyors, amounted to only 16,458 tonnes,...Tighter controls on Indonesian solder exports planned
Indonesia plans to tighten controls on tin solder exports by controlling the size of solder wire allowed for sales overseas, the Director General of Foreign Trade at the country’s trade ministry Bachrul Chairi told Bloomberg on Friday. Over the last six months...China refined tin imports drop to 10 year low
China’s monthly refined tin imports in February reached the lowest point in the last 10 years. Imports in February were only 210t, down by 82% year-on-year. Affected by the Spring Festival, the whole tin industry was inactive for nearly half of the month. It is...Indonesian navy releases part of seized tin shipment
Following a meeting in Batam yesterday, the Indonesian navy has agreed to release 73 containers of tin out of a total of 134 which it impounded last week, Bloomberg reported. The clearance was announced by Megain Wijaja, CEO of the Indonesia Commodity and Derivatives...More tin products among Indonesian exports
Latest preliminary data released by the trade ministry showed that 5,998 tonnes of tin was exported in February, up by 30% compared to the previous month but down by 28% compared to February 2013. Another feature of the latest data, based on document checks prior to...China buys concentrates instead of metal
China’s refined tin imports in January amounted to 732t, down by 69% on January 2013. Volumes have been quite flat since August 2013, affected by the Indonesian supply bottleneck and ever growing quantities of tin concentrate import. Refined tin imports did...Indonesia looks at export regulation amendment
Indonesia’s trade ministry is reported to be considering changes to its tin export regulation as a result of a surge in shipments of tin in forms other than ingots. All ingot sales have to be made via the Indonesia Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (ICDX), but...Indonesia losing share in Japanese tin market
Japan’s refined tin imports in 2013 amounted to 27,190 tonnes, marginally ahead of the 27,096 tonnes imported in 2012. One notable feature of the latest data is that the downward trend in Indonesia’s share of the market has continued, falling to 45.1% last...Indonesian exports slump in January
Provisional data released by Indonesia’s trade ministry today shows a big drop in refined tin and solder shipments in January. The total volume of tin ingot and solder checked by surveying companies prior to export was 4,613 tonnes (3,152 tonnes of ingot and...
