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ISSN: 2470-9875
Cotton System Consumption and Stocks
2020 Summary
March 2021
2020 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks
As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the
2020 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data
and annual totals for January through December 2020.
Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 6.56 million
pounds in 2020, down 31 percent from 2019.
Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2020
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Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020
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Extra long staple :
Consumed :
Running bales ...................number: 1,531 1,691 1,484 (D) (D) (D) (D)
Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 763 826 729 (D) (D) (D) (D)
Stocks on hand 1/ :
Running bales ...................number: 1,599 1,968 1,604 1,716 1,662 1,512 1,561
Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 799 976 794 853 828 753 776
:
Rayon and acetate staple :
Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 964 989 578 (D) 234 234 398
Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 1,282 914 600 754 623 1,415 1,355
:
Polyester staple :
Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 30,739 28,369 25,736 4,682 12,062 13,969 14,483
Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 34,337 29,251 28,148 28,268 28,136 28,242 34,260
:
Other manmade fiber staple :
Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 2,623 1,512 1,353 1,174 1,201 1,146 766
Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 2,587 1,779 2,193 2,326 1,949 1,900 1,660
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2020
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Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July
: 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020
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Cotton-system spindles in place :
Ring spindles ......................1,000: 896 896 896 896 859 859 826
Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 283 285 288 288 279 279 279
:
Cotton-system spindles active :
Spindles consuming :
100% cotton ......................1,000: 649 593 669 209 164 369 606
million hours: 503 400 357 (D) 68 198 364
Spindles consuming :
100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 37 40 33 25 30 30 29
million hours: 21 23 18 11 13 13 12
Spindles consuming :
mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 488 537 449 246 329 392 365
million hours: 350 348 231 93 183 197 187
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2020 (continued)
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Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total
: 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020
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Extra long staple :
Consumed :
Running bales .........................number: (D) 1,046 1,349 1,379 989 13,309
Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: (D) 517 666 681 489 6,560
Stocks on hand 1/ :
Running bales .........................number: 1,825 1,358 1,712 2,280 3,649 (X)
Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 910 678 851 1,115 1,758 (X)
:
Rayon and acetate staple :
Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: (D) 712 638 545 630 (D)
Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 1,286 1,087 867 951 771 (X)
:
Polyester staple :
Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 21,013 27,875 29,077 27,999 22,400 258,404
Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 23,239 22,932 22,203 22,016 23,235 (X)
:
Other manmade fiber staple :
Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 607 852 681 791 1,041 13,747
Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 2,021 1,951 1,633 1,575 1,214 (X)
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(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: 2020 (continued)
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Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total
: 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020
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Cotton-system spindles in place :
Ring spindles ............................1,000: 826 826 826 826 826 (X)
Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 26 26 26 26 26 (X)
Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 279 279 283 283 283 (X)
:
Cotton-system spindles active :
Spindles consuming :
100% cotton ............................1,000: 620 589 595 599 589 (X)
million hours: 448 415 432 423 370 (X)
Spindles consuming :
100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 30 27 28 21 25 (X)
million hours: 13 12 13 10 12 (X)
Spindles consuming :
mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 363 395 389 395 407 (X)
million hours: 216 239 247 235 218 (X)
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(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.
Information Contacts
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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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