United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2017 Summary March 2018 2017 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2017 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2017. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 14.1 million pounds in 2017, up 7 percent from 2016. Total Manmade fiber consumed on the cotton system was 378 million pounds in 2017, down 3 percent from 2016. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 2,604 2,595 2,359 2,468 2,052 2,216 2,326 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,325 1,313 1,179 1,234 1,021 1,103 1,200 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 2,469 2,196 2,501 3,302 4,018 3,489 3,292 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,232 1,102 1,259 1,647 2,016 1,747 1,633 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,815 910 898 802 885 671 936 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 2,306 1,635 1,278 1,818 1,231 1,046 846 : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 27,936 28,279 30,503 29,244 30,516 27,462 32,362 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 23,250 20,084 27,712 32,050 26,827 23,453 21,103 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 2,635 1,545 1,806 1,855 1,980 2,684 2,856 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 3,049 2,129 2,234 1,898 1,979 2,002 2,080 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 947 949 949 949 949 949 949 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 336 336 336 336 336 315 315 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 748 748 763 709 700 702 632 million hours: 531 477 506 481 448 459 472 Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 31 26 29 39 37 43 36 million hours: 12 12 17 21 17 22 18 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 518 535 520 538 563 526 515 million hours: 370 329 335 394 353 335 362 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2017 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 2,435 2,658 2,378 2,231 1,715 28,037 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,187 1,342 1,190 1,116 858 14,068 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 4,079 3,885 3,685 3,287 2,832 (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 2,031 1,943 1,833 1,648 1,410 (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 976 1,025 853 638 733 11,142 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 1,045 1,086 980 1,591 921 (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 32,213 23,326 26,541 28,970 25,932 343,284 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 22,026 21,090 20,815 21,735 21,379 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 2,003 1,751 1,717 1,626 1,125 23,583 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 2,025 2,024 2,239 2,261 2,315 (X) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. 1/ Last Saturday of the month. Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2017 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 949 949 949 949 949 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 33 33 33 33 33 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 315 315 315 315 315 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 672 682 724 722 728 (X) million hours: 462 461 545 477 416 (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 37 41 41 49 38 (X) million hours: 21 23 20 24 15 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 549 536 511 505 509 (X) million hours: 357 354 375 315 295 (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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