United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2022 Summary March 2023 2022 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2022 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2022. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 4.69 million pounds in 2022, down 37 percent from 2021. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 1,180 932 989 899 558 678 613 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 584 464 494 449 278 339 305 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 4,556 4,431 4,074 3,914 4,045 4,101 4,565 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 2,255 2,197 2,021 1,944 2,012 2,038 2,266 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,120 1,017 1,309 1,219 972 692 459 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 2,237 2,013 (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 31,626 31,202 30,891 30,709 30,576 30,106 31,664 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 21,276 21,317 21,195 22,676 22,162 27,274 26,299 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,694 1,521 1,629 1,537 1,688 1,971 1,727 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 1,779 1,845 1,847 1,986 2,017 2,234 2,113 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 749 749 749 749 749 749 713 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 267 267 267 263 263 263 263 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 609 613 610 600 596 589 592 million hours: 439 404 448 (D) (D) 421 (D) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 29 31 30 40 37 39 39 million hours: 14 13 15 21 18 20 19 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 360 348 353 346 341 348 324 million hours: 230 205 233 220 215 225 198 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2022 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 858 989 732 532 463 9,423 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 426 491 365 265 232 4,692 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 4,444 3,901 3,775 3,435 3,512 (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 2,210 1,940 1,878 1,707 1,746 (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 409 501 378 380 219 8,675 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 29,829 28,792 30,025 25,561 21,695 352,676 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 29,709 33,115 31,905 29,951 29,995 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,806 1,345 1,373 1,266 890 18,447 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 1,629 1,923 2,354 1,811 1,827 (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: 2022 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 : 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 713 713 713 713 713 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 20 20 20 20 20 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 263 263 252 252 252 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 586 579 577 564 538 (X) million hours: (D) 390 361 321 254 (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 43 45 41 37 35 (X) million hours: 22 21 21 16 16 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 318 323 319 335 307 (X) million hours: 194 189 169 156 112 (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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