United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2019 Summary March 2020 2019 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2019 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2019. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 9.58 million pounds in 2019, down 20 percent from 2018. Total Manmade fiber consumed on the cotton system was 414 million pounds in 2019, down 3 percent from 2018. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 1,889 1,852 1,994 1,952 1,657 1,702 1,360 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 939 918 994 970 826 848 677 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 3,434 3,403 3,113 3,039 2,758 2,834 3,424 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,716 1,702 1,562 1,526 1,384 1,422 1,713 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,048 694 840 619 999 879 874 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 1,941 2,130 2,306 2,343 2,574 2,085 1,044 : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 36,130 31,034 35,204 34,018 32,451 34,402 30,271 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 25,349 26,448 27,452 29,939 33,671 34,154 35,503 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 2,020 1,739 1,640 1,749 1,591 1,532 1,699 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 3,288 3,141 2,910 2,546 2,745 2,392 2,666 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 952 952 952 952 948 944 944 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 35 35 35 35 26 26 26 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 310 311 311 312 308 307 305 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 662 653 638 663 672 669 660 million hours: 499 429 450 493 472 465 497 Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 39 42 42 39 46 46 58 million hours: 22 20 25 20 28 26 31 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 522 532 538 526 509 511 506 million hours: 382 328 357 359 320 335 353 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2019 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 1,411 1,263 1,364 1,541 1,311 19,296 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 698 625 674 762 645 9,576 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 3,141 2,687 2,851 1,560 2,002 (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,569 1,343 1,423 777 997 (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,030 1,029 938 794 731 10,475 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 1,044 1,299 1,968 1,927 1,628 (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 34,435 33,036 29,420 28,029 24,720 383,150 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 39,485 37,430 36,423 35,006 33,314 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,542 1,692 2,256 1,598 1,322 20,380 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 2,644 2,584 2,009 1,789 1,880 (X) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. 1/ Last Saturday of the month. Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2019 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 922 925 917 917 917 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 26 26 26 26 26 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 305 305 305 305 291 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 607 649 635 667 618 (X) million hours: 425 446 475 440 337 (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 54 53 37 38 38 (X) million hours: 30 29 21 20 18 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 541 508 533 491 540 (X) million hours: 351 326 375 289 262 (X) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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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