| MONTHLY DOMESTIC TIN CONSUMPTION (in tonnes) | |||||
| YEAR | TOTAL CONSUMPTION | SOLDER * | TINPLATE | PEWTER | OTHERS * |
| 2013 | |||||
| Jan. | 136 | 66 | 59 | 7 | 4 |
| Feb. | 159 | 90 | 55 | 8 | 6 |
| Mar. | 176 | 115 | 46 | 8 | 7 |
| Apr. | 112 | 70 | 23 | 10 | 9 |
| May | 130 | 64 | 55 | 8 | 3 |
| Jun. | 167 | 83 | 52 | 10 | 22 |
| Jul. | 178 | 122 | 45 | 8 | 3 |
| Aug. | 168 | 96 | 50 | 7 | 15 |
| Sep. | 180 | 116 | 45 | 9 | 10 |
| Oct. | 176 | 114 | 48 | 10 | 4 |
| Nov. | 135 | 69 | 53 | 8 | 5 |
| Dec. | 118 | 73 | 30 | 7 | 8 |
Local consumption of tin metal refers to the use of tin in a particular application. Sales to manufacturing industries have been used as proxy for consumption except in the case of manufacture of tinplate for which actual consumption data available.
* : The figures include high-grade tin (99.9% Sn) imported for consumption.
Source: Malaysia Smelting Corporation Bhd