Cotton System Consumption and Stocks - Monthly Publication

Cotton System Consumption and
Stocks
ISSN: 2378-2471

Released April 1, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).

Highlights

January 2022 contained 31 days.
February 2022 contained 28 days.
Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 464,000 pounds in February 2022, down 21 percent from
January 2022 and down 21 percent from February 2021. February 2022 stocks on hand on the last Saturday of the month
totaled 2.20 million pounds, down 3 percent from January 2022 but up 39 percent from February 2021.
Total Manmade fiber consumed on the cotton system was 33.7 million pounds during February 2022, down 2 percent
from January 2022 but up 33 percent from February 2021. Of the total manmade fiber consumed, 92 percent was
polyester staple.
Total number of spindles on the cotton system was 1.04 million during February 2022. Active spindles consuming
100 percent cotton was 613,000 in February 2022, up 1 percent from January 2022 and up 5 percent from February 2021.

Consumption and Stocks – United States: February 2022 with Comparisons
Item
Extra long staple
Consumed
Running bales .............................................................................................number
Weight ...............................................................................................1,000 pounds
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month)
Running bales .............................................................................................number
Weight ...............................................................................................1,000 pounds

February 2021

January 2022

February 2022

1,184
585

1,180
584

932
464

3,101
1,586

4,556
2,255

4,431
2,197

Rayon and acetate staple
Consumed .............................................................................................1,000 pounds
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) .....................................1,000 pounds

675
556

1,120
2,237

1,017
2,013

Polyester staple
Consumed .............................................................................................1,000 pounds
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) .....................................1,000 pounds

23,219
30,579

31,626
21,276

31,202
21,317

Other manmade fiber staple
Consumed .............................................................................................1,000 pounds
Stocks on hand (last Saturday of the month) .....................................1,000 pounds

1,559
2,129

1,694
1,779

1,521
1,845

Spindles in Place, Active Spindles and Spindle Hours Operated – United States: February 2022
with Comparisons
Item

February 2021

January 2022

February 2022

Cotton-system spindles in place
Ring spindles ..................................................................................................... 1,000
Airjet spindles .................................................................................................... 1,000
Open-end spindles ............................................................................................ 1,000

806
23
272

749
20
267

749
20
267

Cotton-system spindles active
Spindles consuming 100% cotton .................................................................... 1,000
million hours
Spindles consuming 100% manmade fiber ..................................................... 1,000
million hours
Spindles consuming mixtures or blends .......................................................... 1,000
million hours

584
385
30
14
400
244

609
439
29
14
360
230

613
404
31
13
348
205

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Cotton System Consumption and Stocks (April 2022)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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.

Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact
for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov
Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch ..................................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Chris Hawthorn, Head, Field Crops Section ....................................................................................... (202) 720-2127
Irwin Anolik – Crop Weather ........................................................................................................ (202) 720-7621
Joshua Bates – Oats, Soybeans ...................................................................................................... (202) 690-3234
David Colwell – Current Agricultural Industrial Reports ............................................................... (202) 720-8800
Michelle Harder – Barley, County Estimates, Hay ........................................................................ (202) 690-8533
James Johanson – Rye, Wheat ....................................................................................................... (202) 720-8068
Greg Lemmons – Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet ............................................................................. (202) 720-9526
Becky Sommer – Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum................................................................... (202) 720-5944
Travis Thorson – Sunflower, Other Oilseeds ................................................................................. (202) 720-7369
Lihan Wei – Peanuts, Rice............................................................................................................. (202) 720-7688

Cotton System Consumption and Stocks (April 2022)
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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