进入90年代后,世界经济放慢,西方工业国家经济普遍陷入衰退。更由于许多原来用金属制成的产品改用了塑料,使焊锡的消费量大为缩减。 前苏联在未解体前,是世界锡消费和进口大国,年均锡进口量达1.5万至2万吨。自其解体后,俄罗斯反而变成了锡出口大国。俄去年以每吨3000美元的低价对外抛售锡,使风雨飘摇的锡市场更加雪上加霜。 Into the 90’s, the world economy slowed down, the economy of Western industrial countries generally fall into recession. More as a result of many of the original metal products made of plastic, solder consumption greatly reduced. Former Soviet Union before the dissolution of the world’s tin consumption and import big country, with an average annual tin imports of 15,000 to 20,000 tons. Since its dissolution, Russia has instead become a major exporter of tin. Last year, Russia sold foreign tin at a low price of 3,000 U.S. dollars per tonne, further aggravating the precarious tin market.