United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2018 Summary March 2019 2018 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2018 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2018. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 11.9 million pounds in 2018, down 15 percent from 2017. Total Manmade fiber consumed on the cotton system was 428 million pounds in 2018, up 13 percent from 2017. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 2,326 2,186 2,156 2,120 2,026 2,110 1,966 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,160 1,085 1,077 1,055 1,007 1,049 970 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 2,389 2,282 3,200 3,368 3,561 3,770 3,743 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,193 1,141 1,600 1,682 1,779 1,883 1,868 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,072 1,194 1,024 971 1,016 770 538 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 1,393 927 551 908 1,554 1,704 1,383 : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 30,675 26,962 35,598 35,608 31,985 34,609 37,276 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 18,845 17,184 18,686 20,461 22,610 27,424 24,686 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 2,733 2,282 1,570 1,762 1,800 1,796 1,725 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 2,443 2,441 2,905 2,906 2,819 2,885 2,793 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 948 952 952 952 952 952 952 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 33 33 33 33 33 33 29 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 318 319 319 319 319 319 314 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 697 722 722 673 690 663 673 million hours: 531 474 506 510 481 459 494 Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 43 45 41 41 39 42 41 million hours: 23 22 23 24 22 23 20 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 524 518 518 562 545 566 554 million hours: 387 324 348 420 354 378 394 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2018 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 2,034 2,208 1,744 1,632 1,473 23,981 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,010 1,103 872 814 732 11,934 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 3,912 3,393 3,473 3,196 3,375 (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,947 1,698 1,738 1,597 1,689 (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 740 1,104 1,131 872 962 11,394 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 1,801 1,670 1,031 1,427 1,890 (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 34,092 33,354 33,408 32,461 28,497 394,525 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 23,508 20,587 20,478 21,827 23,810 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,701 1,548 1,943 1,545 1,296 21,701 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 3,137 3,298 3,012 3,037 2,742 (X) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (X) Not applicable. 1/ Last Saturday of the month. Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2018 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 952 952 952 952 952 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 29 29 34 35 35 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 314 314 310 310 310 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 664 640 658 647 673 (X) million hours: 462 435 501 437 397 (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 35 37 41 42 39 (X) million hours: 20 20 23 22 18 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 560 583 573 586 521 (X) million hours: 369 383 427 356 297 (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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