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February 1972 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS S-39
Unless otherwise stated in footnotes below, data
through 1968 and descriptive notes are as shown
in the 1969 edition of BUSINESS STATISTICS
COTTON— Continued
Cotton (excluding linters)— Continued
Exports - thous. bales..
Price (farm), American upland cents per Ib— _
Price, middling 1", avg. 12 markets _.— do— .
COTTON MANUFACTURES
Spindle activity (cotton system spindles) :
Active spindles, last working day, total mil-
Consuming 100 percent cotton do
Spindle hours operated, all fibers, total.. bil~
Average per working day -do .
Consuming 100 percent cotton.. do
Cotton yarn, price, 36/2, combed, knit $ per lb_.
Cotton cloth:
Cotton broadwoven goods over 12" in width:
Production (qtrly.) mil. lin. yd--
Orders, unfilled, end of period, as compared with
avg. weekly production No. weeks' prod—
Inventories, end of period, as compared with
avg. weekly production. -No. weeks' prod--
Ratio of stocks to unfilled orders (at cotton
mills), end of period, seasonally adjusted
Exports, raw cotton equiv thous. bales..
Imports, raw cotton equiv do
Mill margins:
Carded yarn cloth average cents per Ib—
Prices, wholesale:
Print cloth, 38MHnch, 64 x 54— cents per yard—
Sheeting, class B , 40-inch , 48 x 44-48 ... do
MANMADE FIBERS AND MANUFACTURES
Fiber production, qtrly. total mil. lb_.
Filament yarn (rayon and acetate) do
Staple, incl. tow (rayon) do
Noncellulosic, except textile glass:
Yarn and monofilaments. do
Staple, incl. towf- - do
Textile glass fiber .do
Exports: Yams and monofllaments thous. Ib
Staple, tow, and tops __ do
Imports: Yarns and monofilaments do
Staple, tow, and tops - do -
Stocks, producers', end of period:
Filament yarn (rayon and acetate) mil. Ib—
Staple, incl. tow (rayon).. do
Noncellulosic fiber, except textile glass:
Yarn and monofilaments . do
Staple, incl. towf - do . _
Textile glass fiber do
Prices, manmade fibers, f.o.b. producing plant:
Staple* Polyester, 1.5 denierj $ per Ib
Yarn: Rayon (viscose), 150 denier. —do —
Acrylic (spun), knitting 2/20 3-6D do
Manmade fiber and silk broadwoven fabrics:
Production (qtrly.), total 9- mil lin yd
Filament yam (100%) fabrics? .do
Chiefly rayon and/or acetate fabrics do
Chiefly nylon fabrics do —
Spun yarn (100%) fab., exc. blanketing 9 do
Rayon and/or acetate fabrics and blends do
Polyester blends with cotton do
Filament and spun yarn fabrics (cpmbinations
and mixtures) mil lin yd
WOOL
Wool consumption, mill (clean basis):
Apparel class mil Ib
Carpet class _ do
Wool imports, clean yield do
Duty-free (carpet class) do
Wool prices, raw, clean basis, Boston:
Good French combing and staple:
Graded territory, fine. $ per Ib—
Graded fleece, H blood_._ do
Australian, 64s, warp and half-warpd 1 do
1969 1970
Annual
2,397
46
120.9
122.2
19.6
12.4
125.6
.476
80.9
1.027
6,968
1970
Dec.
1971
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. | Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
TEXTILE PRODUCTS—Continued
WOOL MANUFACTURES
Knitting yarn, worsted, 2/20s-50s/56s, American
system, wholesale priceO 1967 — 100
Wool broadwoven goods, exc. felts:
Production (qtrly.) mil lin yd
Price (wholesale), suiting, flannel, men's "and
boys', f.o.b. millO 1967=100__
100 0
222 5
100.9
101 4
178 6
101.3
101 6
30 9
101.3
101 4
101.3
98 0
101.3
' Revised » Season average. 2 For 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. 3 Average
for 4 months, Sept.- ec. • * Effective Sept. 1970, average not comparable with earlier prices.
• Revised total; revisions not distributed by months. • Less than 500 bales. 1 omits
quantities of chiefly nylon combination fabrics. * Beginning Aug. 1971, prices are on
480-lb. net-weight bale basis (for earlier months, on 500-lb. gross-weight bale basis); to
15.0
6.0
.42
330.5
573.3
43.27
5,562.5
774.4
758.8
1, 766. 9
1, 761. 0
501.4
100 539
« 127, 484
541,063
5 159, 404
78.4
75.6
259.8
240.5
70.6
61
.89
1 42
5, 394. 5
1, 690. 7
776 4
7 345. 0
2 951 8
629.7 444 8
1 893 1 1 96^ 8
517 0
219 0
93.8
189 2
QK 7
1.221
.862
2,982
37
»21.9
123.6
18.6
11.6
113.0
435
70.4
1.008
6,246
15.4
5.5
37
274.3
543 3
43.57
5, 391. 7
730.8
607.4
1, 793. 4
1 792 8
467 3
148 843
152 871
137 054
140 075
75 0
76 0
288 3
242 6
103 8
61
3 93
1 39
5 028 2
1 461 4
' 639° 7
271*4
2 871 6
472 6
163 7
76 6
153 1
73 3
1.024
.872
.941
362
(*)
'20.9
22.6
18.6
11.6
29.8
393
26.2
1.011
1,562
15.4
5.5
37
19.7
38 1
43.98
15.0
19.8
1,366.3
192.8
160.1
459. 1
452.0
102.3
13 134
13, 752
15 064
10 131
75.0
76 0
288 3
242 6
103 8
61
* 93
1 33
1,188 7
332.8
134 6
63.7
691 2
114 0
467 5
107 4
2 12 0
2 6 3
10 9
fi 4.
.850
.837
.802
441 3
'21.1
22.8
18.6
11.6
8.9
446
*5.6
1.014
13.5
5.0
37
20.3
39 7
43.94
15 0
19 8
12 611
13 836
20 040
10 056
61
4 93
1 33
10 2
5 2
12 0
C Q
.825
.810
.804
455 Q
'21.8
23.2
18.6
11.6
9.1
453
5.7
1.023
13.9
5.1
36
20.5
39 7
43.71
15 0
19 8
12 230
15*, 190
17 016
13 149
61
1 33
9 5
5 6
9 4
5 0
.825
.775
.790
562 g
'22.5
23.6
18.6
11.6
211.3
450
2 7.0
1.036
1,607
14.9
5.0
34
25.9
37 6
43.48
15 0
19 8
1,413.3
191.8
141.3
477.8
500 0
102 4
14 640
16 041
24 256
17 648
74.1
58 5
272 9
251 8
94 4
61
1 28
1 225 4
339 3
135 5
70 9
722 1
111 6
508 9
106 5
2 13 0
2 6 7
11 2
fi* 9
.757
.685
.790
97 6
37 0
467 3
'23.1
23.8
18.6
11.5
8.9
445
5.5
1.054
15 7
5.3
34
25.4
48 3
43.45
15 0
19 8
1^ 220
18 688
25 540
20 42 j
62
1 28
9 4
5 3
11 1
fi Q
.708
.658
.790
96 3
327 3
'22.9
24.5
18.5
11.5
9.1
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5 6
1.059
15 7
4.9
qi
26 3
4.1 Q
43.68
15 0
20 3
13 482
15 202
25 837
15 192
62
1 26
9 7
5.3
11 5
6 3
.630
.640
.800
95 4
307 2
'23.1
25.1
18.5
11.5
211.3
450
26.9
1.066
1,609
15.8
5.0
31
23.5
51 3
44.61
15 5
'1.K00.4
200 2
147.3
'520 6
520 1
112 2
11 245
16* 589
94 711
17' 773
70 8
43 8
r 254 4
235 8
75 4
62
1 25
1 237 3
362 6
129 1
80 3
711 1
98 1
515 6
108 2
2 12 1
272
10 4
7 0
.597
.640
.828
95 0
32 6
.
214 I
'22.8
25.3
18.5
11.5
7.2
365
4.5
1.068
20.8
6.3
31
24.4
48 2
44.68
15 6
11 387
15 728
19 639
15 202
62
1 25
7 3
4 8
13 8
11 3
.590
.640
.802
93 3
162 3
827.0
826.8
18.4
11.4
8.9
443
5.5
1.078
14.4
4.7
32
28.1
52 2
45.56
16 4
10 518
18 236
19 449
16 216
62
1 25
8 0
6.6
17 0
13 4
.595
.640
.795
93 3
101.3 101.3 101.3 100.1
compute comparable prices for earlier months, multiply farm price by 1.04167 and marke*
price by 1.0438. t Revised back to 1965. 9 Includes data not shown separately. tRevisions
for 1967 are in the Dec. 1970 SURVEY. ^Beginning Jan. 1970, quotation refers to
Australian wool 64's, Type 62; comparable prices prior to 1970 are not available. OData
prior to 1970 available on new base.
310 5
827.0
827.3
18.4
11.4
210.8
433
26.7
1.082
1,406
13.4
4.5
34
36.3
76 2
45.24
16 4
21.8
1, 574. 3
181.9
154.9
580.3
531 0
126.2
10 896
25, 155
23 982
20 601
70.3
41 4
'263 1
246 6
84 1
62
1 24
1, 146. 2
340.9
122 5
71.6
639 7
83.3
462 9
109 4
2 10 7
2 7. 5
13.3
8 4
:610
.640
.795
92.0
22.1
195 o
827.6
827.7
18.5
11.4
9.1
456
5.6
1.082
12.5
4.3
34
13.0
27 3
44.76
16 4
21 8
5 609
6,967
18 220
15, 702
62
1.21
8 8
7.0
5.3
2 9
.610
.621
. 780
91.1
272
(6\
828.7
828.0
' 18.4
11.4
'9.0
T 450
'5. 5
1.082
14.3
4.2
32
23.7
21 2
44.77
16 4
22 0
5 490
7,505
8 878
4 048
62
1 21
r 7. 7
'6.4
1.0 g
.605
.592
.805
91.1
417 4.
829.1
830.1
18.4
11.4
210.1
405
2 6. 2
1.088
16 9
4.5
28
45.3
85 7
44.88
17 5
23 0
1,636.2
179 0
168 2
608 1
553 2
127 7
9 186
12 446
22 329
9*399
65.2
40 7
295 6
252 2
89 4
62
1.03
1 19
29.8
27.2
10.7
9.9
.615
.525
.839
88.3
1972
Jan.
8 30. 2
832.9
44.96
.625
.525
.890