United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2015 Summary March 2016 2015 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2015 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2015. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 11.2 million pounds in 2015. Total Manmade fiber consumed on the cotton system was 389.6 million pounds in 2015. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 2,397 2,081 2,001 2,001 1,711 1,230 1,687 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,186 1,041 1,000 998 859 614 846 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 3,480 2,211 2,413 3,796 3,546 4,909 4,628 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,741 1,106 1,206 1,901 1,774 2,440 2,308 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 636 745 758 1,040 972 373 296 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 494 664 575 553 (D) 852 2,017 : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 23,790 18,678 27,849 30,255 33,338 31,398 33,327 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 19,827 18,964 19,895 20,929 19,884 24,327 27,619 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,828 2,514 3,281 3,986 2,731 3,205 4,736 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 1,670 5,588 2,798 3,853 4,444 4,652 2,911 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 736 736 736 736 736 736 736 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 28 28 30 30 30 30 30 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 340 340 340 340 367 365 364 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 584 593 597 605 605 592 598 million hours: 448 391 415 466 411 405 459 Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 25 34 23 28 28 30 28 million hours: 15 20 13 19 18 18 14 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 475 458 469 457 463 468 460 million hours: 344 291 314 336 314 312 342 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2015 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 1,983 1,652 2,070 1,736 1,838 22,387 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 994 826 1,036 867 914 11,181 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 4,526 4,390 3,647 3,241 3,131 (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 2,259 2,188 1,818 1,617 1,563 (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 455 598 702 925 777 8,277 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: (D) (D) 1,669 1,624 1,401 (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 35,234 30,005 29,637 25,997 24,567 344,075 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 24,493 27,232 22,664 21,305 23,751 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 4,980 4,253 2,084 1,791 1,891 37,280 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 3,322 3,719 3,021 2,732 2,861 (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: 2015 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 : 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 736 736 736 741 741 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 30 30 30 30 30 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 365 365 365 365 365 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 592 591 589 609 609 (X) million hours: 402 407 452 374 326 (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 33 33 36 30 31 (X) million hours: 19 19 21 15 13 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 453 446 437 444 445 (X) million hours: 303 300 319 288 257 (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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