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COTTON QUALITY SUPPLY - DISAPPEARANCE - CARRYOVER

1974-75

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service Cotton Division

Memphis, Tennessee

Vol. 48, No. 9 September 1975

STATISTICAL TABLES

Table Page

1. Carryover of upland cotton by specified grades and staples, August 1, 1973-1975 2

2. Grade index and average staple of upland cotton, August 1, 1966.-1975 ........ 2

3. Grade and staple of upland cotton in the carryover, August 1, 1975 . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Grade and staple of upland cotton in the carryover, August 1, 1974 . . . . . . . . . 4 5. Grade and staple of upland cotton in consuming establishments, August 1, 1975. 5

6. Grade and staple of upland cotton in public storage and "elsewhere,"

August 1, 1975 ................................... 6

7. Grade and staple of upland cotton in the supply, United States, 1974-75 . . . . . . . 7 8. Carryover, crop, supply and disappearance of upland cotton, by grade groupings,

United States, 1967-1975 .............................. 8

9. Carryover, crop, supply and disappearance of upland cotton, by staple groupings, United States, 1967-1975 .............................. 9

10. Tenderability of upland cotton in the carryover, United States,

August 1, 1966-1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11. Grade and staple of American Pima cotton in the carryover, August 1, 1975...... 10

12. Grade and staple of American Pima cotton in the carryover, August 1, 1974...... 10

13. Staple of foreign growth cotton in the carryover, August 1, 1968-1975 . . . . . . . . 11 14. Micronaire readings of upland and American Pima cotton in public storage, by

specified groupings, August 1, 1974-1975 ...................... 12

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE MARKET NEWS SECTION - COTTON DIVISION

4841 SUMMER AVENUE - MEMPHIS, TN 38122 Telephone No. (901) 534-4736

QUALITY OF COTTON IN THE CARRYOVER

UNITED STATES

1975

The 5.5 m-uJLovi bate eavi.yove,i. oj apLa..nd cotton on Aagwt 1, 1975, contained La,'tgeut p/opot-Lovu o medium and Lovige1't. -tapLe.o than Ltu-t yea.'i.. The cWti.-L-bu&on o6 g4ade4 -'i.ejnaLvied much the -oaine a6 in the 1974 coJOr.youe.k. StapLe4 34 and Long e. made up tkee-owtth4 o4 the caAAyoveA thiz yea-'t and OJh-L-te g&adeo 41 and above, one-haLç. Le,o-o than one-eighth o6 the stocks, 643,000 iianflVLg bate, tapLed 31 and 4honteui., the 4maLLe-6t piwpo-'z.tLon don. -th6 /i.ange in 6ouA yeivto.

The ave'i.age Length o6 upLand cotton in the 1975 cii.VLyoveJi. wa4 33.9 thui.ty-4econ6 inches , 'ub-tavz-tLcJ1y Longen. than the 33.1 aveliage Leng-th in the 1974 cavuJove't. Thiz yeait' beginning -otoctho contained 12 pe'i.cevi-t o the Lengtho 36 and Longvi., compcvi.ed with eight pe'tcert a yevi. ago. Length2 34 and 35 made up 62 pe'i.cevt.t, which waA the La.'tget p-'topo4tLovi 6ot thee two 4-tapLe in any cctnJtyoueiz. in 6ouA yecvi,. StapLes 32 and 33 accounted jot 15 pe'tcevi-t aga.Lvto.t 23 pe-'tcen-t the pitevLowo yewi..

G'tadeA 31 and h-Lghvt accounted so/i. -ten pe'tcevit o6 the ca.vtyoue1't compa'ted with 15 pvtcen.-t the yeah. beo-'te. G-'tade4 40 and 41 made up 40 pe-'tcevi-t o6 the otoco against 35 pe'tcen.t a yewt ewtLLe-'t. The Light Spotted gntdei accounted 1 o't 24 pe'tcent against 27 pe-'tcen-t a yecvr. ecviLLeli.. Spotted and othvt CoLo'ted gtadez compnL6 ed 6ive pen.cevtt o6 the 1975 ca-vtyove, the 4aine pe-&cevi-tage a4 1974.

The buLla o6 the 1. 1 mLUon baLeo 4-toted in consuming e-tabUohnien-t6 On Aaguo-t 1 stapted 34 and Longe't. S.tapLes 32 and 33 accounted 6ot a £Lt.t.e Zu6 than 200,000 baLeo oj mitt ztock6 white Length4 4honie't. than 32 to-taLed oaLy about 85,000 baLes.

The -totaL 4uppLy6o-'L the 1974-75 season wa-o 14,927,000 tavinLvig bate, com-pa'ted to 16,396,000 tout 1973-74. StapLe.o 36 and Lovtgeut accounted son. 11 pv'tcent o the 4appLy agaLn-t 4ix pe-'i.cen-t the pke.vLow5 ye.a't. Levigth4 32 -thtoagh 35 made up thJtee-owtth4 o6 the yewt'-o 4uppLy, which was about the ,same p-'topontLovi ctó in 1973. StapLe2 31 and 4ho'rteh. comp'u-oed 15 pe.'tcen.-t, o-'t 2,125,000 baLeA, o6 the 1974-75 4uppLy. This was the 4ma.-Ue4-t 4upp-e-y o thee 4ho-'t-te,'t Length on tecotd.

ArnvtLcan Pima in the 1975 ca.iu'tyoveit contained a 4ma-Uvi. p'wpon..-t-Lon o6 the hLghe't gade4 than in 1974, but the d tLbwt-Lon o6 --tapLeA n-ema-Lvied much the 4ame. Gkade,s 3 and above accounted 6ot 23 pe-'tcen-t o6 -the 4-toc!a-6 com-pa-'ted with 40 pe.-'i.cen-t a yeah. ago. S-tapLe 44 made up oveli. 83 pvtcen-t o6 -thA-ó yewt'-o beginning 4toc, which WCA about the 4ane a4 ta-t yea'i.

The cavtyovvt o a-U (-Ln6 o6 cotton in the United S-ta-teA -to-taLed 5,523,000 -'i.uvin-Lvig bates on August 1, 1975, acco-'td-Lvzg to the Bwteau o the Cen-ows, the La'tgeAt cahl)tyoveli. -'teco-'tded in 6ive yea. UpLand cotton accounted 6olt 5,457,000 bates o6 the to-tat, Arneir.Lcan Pima 49,000 baLeA and 6oteign g-'toW-th6 17,000 baLeA. The ca-vtyove't o6 aU fzLnd4 o6 cotton on Augu4-t 1, 1974 Wa.4 3,743,000 JuinviLvig bates and two yeaJt beo-'te it was 3,929,000 ba-eeA.

Septeinbeut 9, 1975

2

Table 1. - Carryover of upland cotton by specified grades and staples, August 1, 1973-1975

Grade and Staple

Grade Code White: S.M. (21) & higher M.+ (30) M. (31) S.L.M.+ (40) S.L.M. (41 L,M.+ (50 L.M. (51) & lower

Light Spotted: S.M. (22) & higher M. (32) S.L.M. ~42 J L.M. 52

Spotted V(13-53)

Other Colored / All grades

Staple Code

1

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Quantity Percentage Quantity Percentage Quantity Percentage

Bales Percent

Bales Percent

Bales

Percent

32,7(Y7

0.8

30,808

0.8

27,765

0.5

29,854

0.8

26.720

0.7

11,100

0.2

257,506

6.9

502,498

13.6

515,891

9.5

287,214

7.4

298,199

8.1

381,458

7.0

843,295

22.1

988,438

26.8

1,821,733

33.4

297,280

7.7

260,352

7.1

326,898

6.0

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16.2

395,602

10.8

763,433

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5,812 0.1 15,168 0.4 13,261 0.2 115,335 3.0 500,397 13.6 312,409 5.7 389,448 10.1 397,313 10.8 748,404 13.7 221,412 5.7 92,563 2.5 253,442 4.6

468,030 12.1 133,716 3.7 208,163 3.9

281,156 7.1 45,169 1.1 73,284 1.3

3,863,022 100.0 3,686,943 100.0 5,457,241 100.0

26 & shorter 1,027 * 178 * 208 28 25,611 0.7 13,058 0.4 7,187 0.1 29 90,101 2.3 99,587 2.7 63,181 1.2 30 384,770 10.0 412,721 11.2 276,619 5.1 31 331,023 8.6 408,748 11.1 295,841 5.4 32 343,577 8.9 384,857 10.4 314,162 5.8 33 467,894 12.1 447,539 12.1 474,556 8.7 34 1,262,564 32.7 918,035 25.0 1,577,424 28.9 35 703,225 18.2 715,485 19.4 1,799,421 32.9 36 198,603 5.1 218,199 5.9 582,315 10.7 37 38,754 1.0 57,037 1.5 57,099 1.0 38 12,515 0.3 8,715 0.2 6,048 0.1 39 2,017 0.1 258 * - -

40 & longer 1,341 * 2,516 0.1 3,180 0.1

All staples 3,863,022 100.0 3,686,943 100.0 5,457,241 100.0

1/ Preliminary. / Includes all grades. / Includes Below Grade.

* Less than 0.05 percent.

Table 2. - Grade index and average staple of upland cotton, August 1, 1966-1975

Grade index (dd1ing White=lQO) Average staple

Year Mill IPublic storage Total I Mill IPublic storage 1

1956 96.5 92.6 92.9 34.1 32.0 32.1 1967 95.9 92.7 93.1 34.0 31.7 32.1 1968 94.5 91.9 92.6 33.5 32.1 32.5 1969 94.6 92.8 93.2 34.0 33.8 33.8 1970 94.1 93.1 93.4 34.0 34.1 34.0

1971 94.4 94.5 94.5 33.9 34.3 34.2

1972 93.7 88.0 90.7 33.9 32.9 33.4 1973 92.5 86.5 88.8 33.9 32.8 33.2 1974 93.4 92.3 92.8 33.8 32.7 33.1 1975 93.3 90.7 91.2 34.0 33.9 33.9

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Table 10. - Tenderability of upland cotton in the carryover, United States, August 1, 1966-1975

Year Tenderable / Untenderable

Total /

Contract No. 1 Contract No. 2 Contract No. i LContract No. 2

Bales Pct. bales tct. bales Pct. bales Pct. Bales yet. 1966 6,760,215 40.9 - - 9,765,061 59.1 - - 16,565,276 100.0 1967 5,849.232 47.7 - - 6,421,149 52.3 - - 12,270,301 100.0 1966 3,912,506 62.6 - - 2,333,767 37.4 - - 6,246,295 100.0 1969 4,963,623 76.2 - - 1,383,266 21.8 - - 61346,911 100.0 1970 4,497,614 79.8 4,228,644 75.0 1,137,474 20.2 1,406,644 25.0 5,635,288 100.0

1971 3,526,414 84.3 3,233,160 77.3 656,814 15.7 950,068 22.7 4,183,228 100.0 1972 2,120,104 67.3 1,949,668 61.9 1,029,521 32.7 1,199,957 38.1 3,149,625 100.0 1973 2,329,431 60.3 2,110,466 54.6 1,533,591 39.7 1,752,556 45.4 3,863,022 100.0 1974 2,934,721 79.6 2,014,911 54.6 752,222 20.4 1,672,032 45.4 3,686,943 100.0 1975 4,053,050 74.3 3,663,362 67.1 1,404,191 25.7 1,793,879 32.9 5,457,241 100.0

./ Qualities tenderable with respect to grade and staple in settlement of cotton futures, 2J As reported by the Bureau of the Census.

Table 11. - Grade and staple of American Pima cotton in the carryover, August 1, 1975

Grade Staple code

Code 42

46 50 Total

and shorter and longer

Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Percent 1 (10) - - 22 - - 22 *

2 (20) - 1,164 110 12 - 1,286 2.6 3 (30) 1 8,694 1,423 44 - 10,162 20.7 4 (40) 16 22,068 2,146 - - 24,230 49.6 5 (50) 311 7,116 279 - - 7,706 15.7 6 (60) 857 1,002 110 - 1,969 4.0 7 (70) 1,207 433 - - - 1,640 3.3 8 (80) 1,072 185 - - - 1,257 2.6 9 (go) 11 34 - - - 45 0.1 10 (00) 43 39 624 - - 706 1.4

Total 3,518 40,735 4,714 56 - 49,023 / 100.0

Percent 7.2 83.1 9,6 0.1 - 100.0

/ Quality data on 13,883 bales stored in consuming establishments included in this table based on information furnished by mills.

/ As reported by the Bureau of the Census.

Table 12. - Grade and staple of American Pima cotton in the carryover, August 1, 19741/

Grade Staple code

Code 44 I 50 Total

Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Percent 1 (io) - 2 - - - 2 * 2 (20) - 3,373 210 47 - 3,630 8.1 3 (30) 175 12,080 1,998 97 - 14,350 32.0 4 (40) 428 16,057 860 - - 17,345 38.6 s (so) 150 3,200 497 - - 3,847 8.6 6 (60) 227 1,102 161 - - 1,490 3.3 7 (o) 753 954 - - - 1,707 3.8 8 (80) 558 816 - - - 1,374 3.1 9 (90) 568 269 - - - 837 1.9 10 (00) 269 - - - - 269 0.6

Total 3,128 37,853 3,726 144 - 44,851 / 100.0

Percent 7.0 84.4 8.3 0.3 - 100.0

/ Revised. Quality data on 18,640 bales stored in consuming establishments included in this table based on information furnished by mills.

2J As reported by the Bureau of the Census.

2,551 2,472

- 705

1,510 2,927

- - 88

- - 328

- - 291

160 - 393

548 1,225 2,052

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Table 13. - Staple of foreign growth cotton in the carryover, August 1, 1968-1975 /

Growth and staple code 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

(32nd inches)

Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales Bales

Egyptian: 35 & shorter 238 - - - - - - - 36&37 748 - - 62 - 44 - - 38&39 20 - - 20 - - - - 40 - 43 696 767 2,772 1,750 16 879 312 - 44 - 47 21,635 5,966 2,612 2,605 3,913 2,962 2,329 2,783

48 - 51 2,708 1,265 1,812 2,806 4,230 2,198 1,093 521

52-55 - 552 - - - - - - 56&longer - - - - - - - -

All lengths 26,045 8,550 7,196 7,243 8,159 6,083 3,734 3,304

Peruvian:

36&37 - - - - - - - - 38 & 39 35 343 379 219 - - 144 - 40-43 15 23 22 - 25 21 - - 44 - 47 2,662 422 118 2 27 58 735 -

48 - 51 743 1,702 881 215 31 26 534 -

52 - 55 5,571 1,733 1,105 1,308 4,961 587 742 949

55& longer - - - - - - - -

All lengths 9,027 4,223 2,505 1,744 5,044 692 2,155 949

Indian: 26 & shorter 7,189 12,467 17,085 4,898 7,569 6,684 3,925 2,463

Other Foreign: 26 & shorter

28 & 29 30&3l 32 & 33 34 & 35 36 & 37 38 & 39 40 & longer

All lengths

- 104 - - - 3

- 10 - - 256 315

- 1,165 9,643 - - 210

4,061 6,104 708 1,225 3,152 - 1,535 10,171

All Foreign / 46,322 31,344 27,494 15,110 23,924 13,459 11,349 16,887

j/ Quality data on bales stored in consuming establishments included in this table based on information furnished by mills.

/ As reported by the Bureau of the Census.

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Table 14. - Micronaire readings of upland and American Pima cotton in public storage, by specified groupings, August 1, 1974-1975

Mike readings by groupings

Upland cotton American Pima cotton

1974 1975 / 1974 1975

Bales Percent Bales Percent Bales Percent Bales Percent

2.6 & below 31,855 1.4 181,631 4.2 346 1.3 119 0.4

2.7 - 2.9 54,609 2.4 246,499 5.7 1,456 5.6 2,540 7.2

3.0 - 3.2 88,739 3.9 311,368 7.2 3,820 14.6 5,916 16.8

3.3 - 3.4 79,638 3.5 207,578 4.8 3,633 13.9 5,524 15.7

3.5 - 4.9 1,792,508 78.8 3,035,834 70.2 16,948 64.6 21,041 59.9

5.0 - 5.2 175,203 7.7 263,798 6.1 - - - -

5.3 & above 52,333 2.3 77,842 1.8 - - - -

Total 2,274,885 100.0 4,324,550 100.0 26,203 100.0 35,140 100.0

Average mike 4.2 4.0 3.6 3.6

.1/ Preliminary.

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