United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2025 Summary March 2026 2025 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2025 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2025. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 1.20 million pounds in 2025, down 74 percent from 2024. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 258 256 (D) (D) (D) 298 260 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 129 128 (D) (D) (D) 149 130 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 602 386 364 338 602 590 560 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 301 193 182 169 301 295 280 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,418 700 720 515 488 503 605 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 4,062 3,844 4,291 4,109 3,899 (D) 3,883 : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 16,934 20,500 22,561 18,605 18,714 21,244 19,018 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 18,553 19,982 15,360 12,922 13,223 13,346 14,479 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 757 756 904 804 824 811 659 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 2,050 1,732 1,607 1,395 1,510 1,715 1,920 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 379 379 379 379 379 379 379 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 190 190 182 182 182 182 182 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 289 285 280 282 280 276 275 million hours: 202 187 198 194 196 187 191 Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 13 19 19 15 17 22 22 million hours: 6 8 9 6 6 10 11 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 222 220 219 218 217 217 219 million hours: 119 110 115 111 105 101 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2025 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 198 244 108 206 106 2,391 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 99 122 54 103 53 1,196 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 564 294 368 (D) (D) (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 282 147 184 (D) (D) (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 859 448 583 507 330 7,676 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: (D) 3,759 (D) 3,742 3,745 (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 18,093 16,809 15,400 15,133 15,645 218,656 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 18,399 16,398 15,953 12,182 12,296 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 796 1,040 797 789 734 9,671 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 1,407 1,799 1,289 1,465 1,488 (X) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. 1/ Last Saturday of the month. Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2025 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 : 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 379 379 379 379 379 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 20 20 20 20 20 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 182 174 174 174 174 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 276 278 287 294 278 (X) million hours: 194 187 208 (D) (D) (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 16 18 12 16 12 (X) million hours: 7 7 7 9 4 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 218 213 207 202 217 (X) million hours: 105 86 108 88 75 (X) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (X) Not applicable. Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Cotton System Consumption and Stocks is part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program. CAIR reports are administered under NASS's Census of Agriculture program. Response to CAIR surveys are required by law (Title 7, U.S. Code). Data are collected from all known mills that consume cotton. The census universe was determined during operation profile interviews which were completed for each potential facility to identify the presence of cotton consumption and spindle activity in 2014. In the Cotton and Manmade Fiber Staple survey questionnaires, mills are asked for previous calendar month data on cotton and manmade fiber consumed, stocks and spindle activity. Mills are mailed questionnaires with the options of completing the survey by mail or by Electronic Data Reporting (EDR). For surveys not received in a reasonable amount of time, telephone follow-up is conducted. Estimating Procedures: Imputation is done for operations with non-response by using historical data and current data relationships. Data for reporting firms are added to estimates for non-reporting firms to obtain National totals. Revision Policy: Data are revised the following month based on late reports or corrected data. Final figures are published in the annual summary of the following year. Reliability: Approximately 50 reports are received each month which represent about 95 percent of total spindles. Monthly data can vary due to different firms reporting month to month. Survey data are also subject to non-sampling errors such as omissions and mistakes in reporting and in processing the data. While these errors cannot be measured directly, they are minimized by carefully reviewing all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. 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