Cotton System Consumption and Stocks
ISSN: 2378-2471
Released February 1, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
Highlights
November 2020 contained 30 days.
December 2020 contained 31 days.
Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 618,000 pounds in
December 2020, down 9 percent from November 2020 and down 4 percent from
December 2019. December 2020 stocks on hand on the last Saturday of the month
totaled 1,897,000 pounds, up 70 percent from November 2020 and up 90 percent
from December 2019.
Total Manmade fiber consumed on the cotton system was 24.1 million pounds
during December 2020, down 18 percent from November 2020 and down 10 percent
from December 2019. Of the total manmade fiber consumed, 93 percent was
polyester staple.
Total number of spindles on the cotton system was 1.16 million during
December 2020. Active spindles consuming 100 percent cotton was 588,000 in
December 2020, down 2 percent from November 2020 and down 5 percent from
December 2019.
Consumption and Stocks - United States: December 2020 with Comparisons
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Item : December 2019 : November 2020 : December 2020
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Extra long staple :
Consumed :
Running bales ....................................number: 1,311 1,379 1,253
Weight .....................................1,000 pounds: 645 681 618
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) :
Running bales ....................................number: 2,002 2,280 3,955
Weight .....................................1,000 pounds: 997 1,115 1,897
:
Rayon and acetate staple :
Consumed .....................................1,000 pounds: 731 545 630
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) ..1,000 pounds: 1,628 951 771
:
Polyester staple :
Consumed .....................................1,000 pounds: 24,720 27,999 22,426
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) ..1,000 pounds: 33,314 22,016 23,177
:
Other manmade fiber staple :
Consumed .....................................1,000 pounds: 1,322 791 1,041
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) ..1,000 pounds: 1,880 1,575 1,214
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Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: December 2020
with Comparisons
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Item : December 2019 : November 2020 : December 2020
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Cotton-system spindles in place :
Ring spindles .......................................1,000: 917 848 848
Airjet spindles .....................................1,000: 26 26 26
Open-end spindles ...................................1,000: 291 283 283
:
Cotton-system spindles active :
Spindles consuming 100% cotton ......................1,000: 618 599 588
million hours: 337 423 369
Spindles consuming 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 38 21 21
million hours: 18 10 10
Spindles consuming mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 540 395 405
million hours: 262 235 218
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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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Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch.............................. (202) 720-2127
Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section..................... (202) 720-2127
Irwin Anolik - Crop Weather.............................. (202) 720-7621
Joshua Bates - Oats, Soybeans............................ (202) 690-3234
David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.. (202) 720-8800
Becky Sommer - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum......... (202) 720-5944
James Johanson - Barley, County Estimates, Hay........... (202) 690-8533
Greg Lemmons - Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet.............. (202) 720-9526
Jean Porter - Rye, Wheat................................. (202) 720-8068
John Stephens - Peanuts, Rice............................ (202) 720-7688
Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds............... (202) 720-7369
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