United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2023 Summary March 2024 2023 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2023 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2023. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 3.17 million pounds in 2023, down 33 percent from 2022. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 794 697 510 626 262 (D) (D) Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 397 346 253 311 129 (D) (D) Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 3,396 3,257 3,266 2,773 2,857 2,853 2,977 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,687 1,616 1,621 1,376 1,417 1,414 1,475 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 560 715 790 716 743 635 409 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 5,032 4,631 4,406 4,184 4,021 3,729 3,682 : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 26,084 27,501 27,821 26,171 24,025 25,330 14,773 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 33,981 29,517 29,666 30,144 23,365 27,315 26,857 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,505 1,406 1,168 1,101 1,033 1,085 594 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 1,815 2,020 1,882 1,666 1,418 935 1,523 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 713 713 713 686 686 686 686 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 252 240 240 234 234 234 234 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 568 524 518 533 532 533 526 million hours: 376 296 321 328 358 375 (D) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 31 28 26 24 24 26 28 million hours: 16 14 15 11 12 13 14 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 339 369 371 327 320 316 319 million hours: 190 206 215 149 144 175 153 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2023 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 409 527 523 615 934 6,404 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 199 259 260 304 463 3,166 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 2,240 2,463 2,375 2,204 2,011 (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,111 1,222 1,177 959 999 (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 541 389 (D) 385 350 (D) Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 3,768 3,609 3,533 3,584 3,513 (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 15,572 18,780 14,461 13,581 13,626 247,725 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 27,215 28,757 28,225 28,264 27,594 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 775 654 855 659 513 11,348 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 1,442 1,409 1,398 1,333 1,326 (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: 2023 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 : 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 686 592 592 592 592 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 20 20 20 20 20 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 237 213 213 213 213 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 521 476 476 477 412 (X) million hours: 372 333 335 312 182 (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 26 30 30 21 19 (X) million hours: 15 15 16 10 7 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 326 250 259 258 195 (X) million hours: 187 129 147 133 69 (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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