United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2021 Summary March 2022 2021 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2021 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2021. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 7.44 million pounds in 2021, up 13 percent from 2020. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 1,011 1,184 1,290 1,286 1,392 1,414 1,215 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 494 585 639 639 694 699 600 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 4,458 3,101 3,058 2,163 2,419 2,367 2,378 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 2,134 1,586 1,486 1,080 1,207 1,172 1,178 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 950 675 798 696 796 631 952 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 583 556 1,138 1,589 1,588 1,634 1,797 : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 26,940 23,219 31,865 28,500 32,100 29,975 31,771 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 21,827 30,579 31,448 24,594 22,442 22,862 25,590 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,572 1,559 1,730 1,322 1,963 1,602 1,348 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 1,765 2,129 2,183 2,945 2,661 2,237 2,662 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 806 806 806 806 806 783 749 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 23 23 23 23 23 20 20 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 278 272 272 272 272 275 267 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 587 584 585 584 581 582 588 million hours: 421 385 398 385 441 393 448 Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 32 30 30 30 30 31 27 million hours: 17 14 16 15 14 16 14 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 402 400 389 389 393 387 387 million hours: 252 244 263 238 264 256 258 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2021 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 1,362 1,136 1,457 1,112 1,183 15,042 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 679 563 716 544 583 7,435 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 2,694 4,063 4,240 4,211 4,533 (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,338 2,017 2,097 2,083 2,242 (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 920 796 877 837 857 9,785 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 1,878 2,339 2,626 (D) (D) (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 29,420 30,980 33,543 29,888 28,686 356,887 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 27,182 25,211 23,829 25,285 24,690 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,607 1,843 1,195 1,359 1,483 18,583 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 2,799 2,203 1,703 1,844 1,723 (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: 2021 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 : 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 749 749 749 749 749 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 20 20 20 20 20 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 267 267 267 267 267 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 602 609 611 609 613 (X) million hours: 430 457 423 428 423 (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 29 34 35 33 32 (X) million hours: 14 18 18 15 13 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 372 360 357 362 356 (X) million hours: 242 232 232 225 214 (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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