vzpostaviti trajno spremljanje svetovnega gospodarstva kositra in njegovih trendov, zlasti s postavitvijo, vzdrževanjem in nenehnim posodabljanjem statističnega sistema o svetovni proizvodnji, zalogah, trgovini in porabi vseh oblik kositra in po potrebi tudi z razširjanjem tako dobljenih informacij;
to establish the capacity for and to undertake the continued monitoring of the world tin economy and its trends, particularly by establishing, maintaining and continuously updating a statistical system on world production, stocks, trade and consumption of all forms of tin, as well as disseminating, as appropriate, the information thus generated;