| MONTHLY DOMESTIC TIN CONSUMPTION (in tonnes) | |||||
| YEAR | TOTAL CONSUMPTION | SOLDER * | TINPLATE | PEWTER | OTHERS * |
| 2014 | |||||
| Jan. | 105 | 71 | 28 | 4 | 2 |
| Feb. | 144 | 79 | 52 | 6 | 7 |
| Mar | 138 | 81 | 47 | 5 | 5 |
| April | 153 | 117 | 29 | 4 | 3 |
| May | 102 | 48 | 34 | 15 | 5 |
| Jun | 174 | 122 | 42 | 6 | 4 |
| Jul | 96 | 38 | 45 | 3 | 10 |
| Aug | 134 | 73 | 56 | 4 | 1 |
| Sep | 177 | 116 | 42 | 13 | 6 |
| Oct | 80 | 38 | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| Nov | 162 | 82 | 57 | 16 | 7 |
| Dec | 116 | 57 | 50 | 4 | 5 |
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