United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2020 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 : 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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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