United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service ISSN: 2470-9875 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks 2016 Summary March 2017 2016 Cotton System Consumption and Stocks As part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program, the 2016 Annual Summary of the Cotton System Consumption and Stocks contains data and annual totals for January through December 2016. Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 13.1 million pounds in 2016, up 17 percent from 2015. Total Manmade fiber consumed on the cotton system was 391 million pounds in 2016, up slightly from 2015. Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales ...................number: 2,110 2,510 2,120 2,206 1,870 1,896 2,132 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,057 1,293 1,062 1,107 944 956 1,072 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales ...................number: 3,011 2,917 2,491 2,399 2,729 2,320 2,662 Weight ....................1,000 pounds: 1,504 1,429 1,246 1,204 1,172 1,188 1,417 : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 915 887 1,317 1,383 1,146 1,025 909 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 1,171 (D) 971 965 950 1,042 1,310 : Polyester staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 31,744 28,948 29,280 33,127 29,116 32,968 28,955 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 23,160 30,483 27,717 23,600 21,885 26,810 29,295 : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ....................1,000 pounds: 1,924 1,655 1,548 1,863 1,436 1,949 1,841 Stocks on hand 1/ ...........1,000 pounds: 2,190 2,461 1,935 2,072 1,930 2,161 2,090 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated - United States: 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : January : February : March : April : May : June : July : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ......................1,000: 849 814 814 818 830 839 844 Airjet spindles ....................1,000: 30 30 30 30 31 31 32 Open-end spindles ..................1,000: 357 357 357 354 352 352 348 : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ......................1,000: 699 653 676 658 651 659 688 million hours: 483 425 437 473 428 431 482 Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber ...............1,000: 31 27 31 31 46 49 36 million hours: 17 14 15 16 26 28 16 Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends ...............1,000: 458 481 480 472 470 464 459 million hours: 298 309 316 349 332 285 319 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Consumption and Stocks - United States: 2016 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra long staple : Consumed : Running bales .........................number: 1,996 1,947 2,504 2,034 2,794 26,119 Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,005 978 1,258 1,026 1,340 13,098 Stocks on hand 1/ : Running bales .........................number: 2,333 1,986 1,861 2,274 2,271 (X) Weight ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,251 1,146 962 1,164 1,160 (X) : Rayon and acetate staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 1,502 1,035 1,588 1,417 798 13,922 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 598 615 771 1,404 2,325 (X) : Polyester staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 31,432 29,455 32,946 24,764 22,935 355,670 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 38,358 25,476 24,929 26,387 24,097 (X) : Other manmade fiber staple : Consumed ..........................1,000 pounds: 2,142 2,341 1,603 1,417 1,373 21,092 Stocks on hand 1/ .................1,000 pounds: 2,175 3,869 1,616 1,684 2,140 (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: 2016 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : August : September : October : November : December : Total : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 : 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton-system spindles in place : Ring spindles ............................1,000: 856 903 912 867 892 (X) Airjet spindles ..........................1,000: 32 32 32 32 32 (X) Open-end spindles ........................1,000: 348 348 344 344 344 (X) : Cotton-system spindles active : Spindles consuming : 100% cotton ............................1,000: 694 719 725 735 751 (X) million hours: 453 445 530 468 390 (X) Spindles consuming : 100% manmade fiber .....................1,000: 34 30 31 30 30 (X) million hours: 19 16 16 13 11 (X) Spindles consuming : mixtures or blends .....................1,000: 469 483 486 454 458 (X) million hours: 294 304 344 246 234 (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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