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QUANTITY OF COTTON CONSUMED IN FINAL USES IN THE UNITED STATES
Revised 1985 Revised 1986 Preliminary 1987
ECONOMIC SERVICES NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA 1988 EDITION One Hundred Dollars per copy THE QUANTITY OF COTTON CONSUMED IN FINAL USES IN THE UNITED STATES
Revised 1985 Revised 1986 Preliminary 1987
Prepared by Economic Services
JAMES T. HOWELL, JR., Senior Market Analyst Men's & Boys' Apparel Industrial Uses MELANIE B. GORDON, Senior Market Analyst Women's & Children's Apparel Home Furnishings
Copyright 1988 by NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA P.O. Box 12285 Memphis, Tennessee 38182 "Cotton Counts Its Customers" is a statistical report containing measurements of the quantities of cotton and competing materials consumed in major textile products manufactured in the United States. All data in this report are presented on a calendar-year basis. Annual editions provide end-use data for the most recent three years; special editions are published at periodic intervals to revise data for a series of years and to present supplementary information on conversion factors and typical cotton materials consumed. The most recent special edition, published in February 1973, contains data for the years 1965-1971.
This annual edition contains revised 1985, revised 1986, and preliminary 1987 end-use consumption data. The report is presented in two sections:
Section I summarizes end-use consumption of cotton and competing materials in 92 major product classifications;
Section II is a detailed tabulation of statistical data for each end-use item within the major product classifications. Included in this section are: (a) domestic production of each item; (b) total woven fabrics, knitting yarns, and other textile materials consumed in each use; (c) cotton's percentage share of total materials; and (d) the quantity of gray and raw cotton consumed in each end use.
Note that this edition utilizes a revised end-use format. These changes have been made to conform with revisions in reports published by the Industry Division, Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce.
Conversion Factors and Methodology
Beginning with the February 1973 Special Edition of "Cotton Counts Its Customers," a change was effected in the method of calculating the "cotton equivalent" of competing materials. The methodology and the reasons for incorporating it were discussed in the introductions to major sections of that report.
Prior to the change, the "cotton equivalent" of competing materials was calculated on the basis of typical cotton materials in use -- or conventional cotton materials which might be used in competition with other materials -- with allowances for differences in use-life, style, and strength-to-bulk ratios. Effective with the February 1973 Special Edition, total gray material and raw fiber consumption are calculated on the basis of estimated average weight of all materials -- cotton and other -- in each end use.
The result of the change is an estimate of total gray fabric, yarn, and other materials utilized, not in terms of "cotton equivalents," but in
111 terms of actual pounds of all materials consumed. However, there continue to be differences in processing wastes and sizing contents of cotton and its principal natural and man-made competitors. To the extent these differences exist, the measure of raw fiber in bales continues to be expressed in "cotton equivalents" rather than in actual volume of all fibers consumed.
Except in instances where considerable shifts have occurred since 1971 in material requirements per unit and/or average weight of fabrics, conversion factors presented in Section IV of the February 1973 Special Edition of "Cotton Counts Its Customers" also are used in this edition.
Comparability
Individual end-use estimates in this issue are comparable with those reported in the February 1973 Special Edition unless otherwise annotated. It should be noted, however, that lining and pocketing, previously tabulated with appropriate end-use items, now are shown as separate end uses at the end of men's, women's, and children's apparel sections.
Grand totals and sub-totals for apparel, home furnishings, and industrial end uses are not comparable with those published in the February 1973 Special Edition because of the addition of some women's and children's apparel linings and pocketings not previously included and the deletion of the following items from end-use coverage:
Men's, Boys', & Women's Caskets Leather Coats & Jackets Flags Men's, Women's & Children's Electrical Insulation Dress Gloves Laundry & Dry Cleaning Materials All-leather Work Gloves Mail Bags Men's, Women's, & Children's Meat Stockinettes Plastic & Rubberized Rainwear Twisted Paper, Jute & Hard Men's & Boys' Shirt Interlinings Fiber Rope, Cordage, & Twine Shower Curtains Saturated Woven Fabrics Automobile Replacement Seat Covers Shoe Laces & Waterproof Footwear Automobile Laces & Bindings Miscellaneous Sporting Equipment Automobile Head Rests Gummed Tapes Loose-Leaf Binder Materials Tracing Cloth
Dropping these items reduces "Cotton Counts Its Customers" end-use coverage by approximately 1%.
End-Use Consumption Versus Mill Consumption
As in previous editions, end-use estimates of raw cotton consumption do not necessarily agree with total mill consumption of cotton for a specified calendar year because:
a) Many small uses are not included in the end-use estimates;
b) Time lags occur between mill consumption of raw cotton and the conversion of yarns and fabrics into
iv end-use products;
c) Inventories of yarns and fabrics vary from one year to another;
d) An unknown quantity of spinnable cotton waste included in some end-use products has been calculated as staple cotton; and,
e)Imported yarns and fabrics used in products manufactured in the United States are included in this report; exported yarns and fabrics are excluded.
Acknowledment
Statistical data in this report were compiled by the National Cotton Council's market research staff. The interest and cooperation of the many representatives of private companies, trade associations, and government agencies who contributed information are acknowledged with appreciation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page COTTON CONSUMPTION BY END USES: ARRAYED BY SIZE, 1987 ...... 1
SECTION I: CONSUMPTION OF COTTON AND COMPETING MATERIALS SUMMARIZED BY MAJOR END USES, REVISED 1985, REVISED 1986, AND PRELIMINARY 1987. . . 3
Summary ...... 3 Men's, Youths', & Boys' Apparel ...... 4 Women's, Misses', & Juniors' Apparel ...... 5 Girls', Children's, & Infants' Apparel ...... 7 Home Furnishings ...... 9 Industrial Uses ...... 10
SECTION II: ESTIMATED END-USE CONSUMPTION OF COTTON AND COMPETING MATERIALS REVISED 1985, REVISED 1986, AND PRELIMINARY 1987 ...... 13
Introduction ...... 13
REVISED1985 ...... 16 Summary ...... 16 Men's, Youth's, & Boys' Apparel ...... 17 Women's, Misses', & Juniors' Apparel ...... 26 Girls', Children's, & Infants' Apparel ...... 31 Home Furnishings ...... 35 Industrial Uses ...... 41 REVISED1986 ...... 50 Summary ...... 50 Men's, Youths', & Boys' Apparel ...... 51 Women's, Misses', & Juniors' Apparel ...... 60 Girls', Children's, & Infants' Apparel ...... 65 Home Furnishings ...... 69 Industrial Uses ...... 75 PRELIMINARY1987 ...... 84 Summary ...... 84 Men's, Youths', & Boys' Apparel ...... 85 Women's, Misses', & Juniors' Apparel ...... 94 Girls', Children's, & Infants' Apparel ...... 99 Home Furnishings ...... 103 Industrial Uses ...... 109
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COTTON CONSUMPTION BY END USE
ARRAYED BY SIZE
Thousands of 480 Pound Bales
PRELIMINARY 1987
I M/B SHIRTS (14) ...... 1138 27 WMJ NIGHTWEAR ...... 47
2 M/B TROUSERS & SHORTS (7) ...... 1073 28 GCI PLAYGARMENTS ...... 47
3 TOWELS & WASH CLOTHS...... 1008 29 BLANKETS & BLANKETING ...... 67
4 DRAPERY, UPHOLSTERY & SLIP COVER FABRICS (28) 512 30 GCI UNDERWEAR ...... 46
$ WMJ SLACKS, DUNGAREES, & JEANS ...... 494 31 COMFORTERS & QUILTS (27) ...... 45
6 SHEETS & PILLOWCASES (35) ...... 477 32 CURTAINS, EXCL. SHOWER ...... 40
7 M/8 UNDERWEAR ...... 431 33 WMJ UNDERWEAR ...... 39
8 WMJ BLOUSES & SHIRTS ...... 270 34 GCI DRESSES ...... 39
9 RETAIL PIECE GOODS (33) ...... 188 35 TEXTILE TABLE CLOTHS, NAPKINS & PLACE MATS, 38
10 WMJ DRESSES ...... 173 36 RUGS & CARPETS (34) ...... 36
11 MEDICAL SUPPLIES (44) ...... 146 37 M/B SWEATERS, KNIT (16) ...... 35
12 WMJ SWEATERS & JERSEYS, KNIT (16) ...... 136 38 WMJ SHORTS & OTHER PLAYGARMENTS ...... 34
13 BEDSPREADS ...... 107 39 BOOK BINDINGS, EXCL. LOOSE- LEAF BINDERS (43 30
14 WMJ SKIRTS...... 98 40 ROPE, CORDAGE & TWINE, EXCL HARD FIBER/JUTE 29
15 GCI HOSIERY, SIZES 31011...... 97 41 WMJ WASHABLE SERVICE APPAREL, ...... 28
16 OCT SLACKS, DUNGAREES, & JEANS ...... 94 42 SHOES & BOOTS, EXCL. WATERPROOF (48) . . 27
17 THREAD, INDUSTRIAL ...... 93 43 WIPING & POLISHING CLOTHS, WOVEN ...... 24
18 M/B LINING & POCKETING ...... 86 44 WMJ ROBES, DRESSING GOWNS, & HOUSECOATS 24
19 HOSIERY, MEN'S ONLY, KNIT (12) ...... 77 45 PADS, QUILTED, EXCL FILLING ...... 22
20 GCI BLOUSES & SHIRTS ...... 70 46 WMJ ACTIVE APPAREL ...... 22
21 M/B COATS, JACKETS & VESTS, EXCL. LEATHER (7 70 47 AUTOMOBILE USES, EXCL. PROTEC- TIVE/REPLACEM 22
22 TARPAULINS, WOVEN ...... 69 48 THREAD & YARN FOR HOME USE ...... 22
23 GLOVES & MITTENS, WORK TYPE, INCL. WOMEN'S 69 49 BELTS, MACHINERY (TEXTILE CONTENT ONLY). . . 22
21 M/B JUMPSUITS, OVERALLS & COVERALLS . . . . . 58 50 BOAT COVERS & TOPS, WOVEN ...... 21
" 25 ABRASIVES, PRINCIPALLY WOVEN ...... 55 51 WALL COVERING FABRIC (COATED), WOVEN & NONWO 20
j26 N/B ACTIVE APPAREL...... 55 52 WMJ COATS, JACKETS & VESTS ...... 20 COTTON CONSUMPTION BY END USE
ARRAYED BY SIZE
Thousands of 480 Found Bales
PRELIMINARY 1987
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