ISSN: 2378-2471
Released August 3, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
Highlights
April 2015 contained 30 days.
May 2015 contained 31 days.
June 2015 contained 30 days.
Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 614 thousand
pounds in June 2015, down 29 percent from May 2015 and down 38 percent from
April 2015. June stocks on hand on the last Saturday of the month totaled 2.4
million pounds up 38 percent from May and up 28 percent from April.
Total Manmade fiber consumed on the cotton system was 35.0 million pounds
during June 2015, down 6 percent from May 2015 and down 1 percent from April
2015. Of the total manmade fiber consumed, 90 percent was polyester staple.
Total number of spindles on the cotton system was 1.13 million during June
2015. Active spindles consuming 100 percent cotton was 592 thousand in June
2015, down 2 percent from May 2015 and down 2 percent from April 2015.
Consumption and Stocks - United States: April 2015 - June 2015
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Item : April 2015 : May 2015 : June 2015
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Extra long staple :
Consumed :
Running bales ....................................number: 2,001 1,711 1,230
Weight .....................................1,000 pounds: 998 859 614
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) :
Running bales ....................................number: 3,796 3,546 4,909
Weight .....................................1,000 pounds: 1,901 1,774 2,440
:
Rayon and acetate staple :
Consumed .....................................1,000 pounds: 1,040 972 373
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) ..1,000 pounds: 553 (D) 852
:
Polyester staple :
Consumed .....................................1,000 pounds: 30,255 33,331 31,392
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) ..1,000 pounds: 20,929 19,854 24,290
:
Other manmade fiber staple :
Consumed .....................................1,000 pounds: 3,986 2,731 3,205
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) ..1,000 pounds: 3,853 4,444 4,652
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: April 2015 - June 2015
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Item : April 2015 : May 2015 : June 2015
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Cotton-system spindles in place :
Ring spindles .......................................1,000: 734 735 736
Airjet spindles .....................................1,000: 30 30 30
Open-end spindles ...................................1,000: 337 350 363
:
Cotton-system spindles active :
Spindles consuming 100% cotton ......................1,000: 605 606 592
million hours: 466 411 405
Spindles consuming 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 28 28 30
million hours: 19 18 18
Spindles consuming mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 457 462 467
million hours: 336 314 312
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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. The first annual summary will be published in March of 2016.
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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