Consumption on the Cotton System August

and Stocks 1999Issued September 1999

M313P(99)-8

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Table 1a. Summary of Daily Averages of Cotton and Manmade Fibers Consumed on the Cotton System, Spindle Hours Operated, and End-of-Month Stocks, Including Stocks Held at Public Warehouses, Seasonally Adjusted: 1997 to 1999[Cotton in running bales. Manmade fibers in thousand pounds. Spindle hours operated in millions]

Daily average consumption 1/ Stocks Dailyaverage

Month and year Cotton Manmade fibers Man- spindlemade hours

Upland and Long Non- fiber oper-Total foreign 2/ staple 3/ Total Cellulosic cellulosic Cotton 4/ staple ated 1/

1999

August................................................................................................36,544 35,920 624 4,944 273 4,671 7,385 47,591 123July.......................................................................37,142 36,701 441 5,012 337 4,675 7,167 47,672 121

June.................................................................38,256 37,699 557 5,048 307 4,741 7,069 43,251 123May.........................................................................38,088 37,445 643 5,044 305 4,739 6,877 45,488 122April......................................................................38,411 37,821 590 4,916 287 4,629 6,570 46,848 123March................................................38,309 37,747 562 4,829 330 4,499 6,209 52,744 126February..........................................38,825 38,211 614 4,877 324 4,553 5,783 48,892 125January.....................................................................................................38,899 38,364 535 5,121 343 4,778 5,317 50,037 134

1998

December..................................................................38,002 37,530 472 4,836 366 4,470 4,481 43,993 131November....................................................................37,910 37,361 549 4,900 338 4,562 4,893 40,564 124October...........................................40,457 39,891 566 5,154 347 4,807 6,697 44,120 132September................................................................................................39,162 38,680 482 5,262 388 4,874 7,241 45,842 132August................................................................................................39,737 39,267 470 5,384 444 4,940 7,392 47,507 133July.......................................................................41,943 41,536 407 5,643 557 5,086 7,392 51,787 136

June.................................................................40,380 39,957 423 5,373 445 4,928 7,518 47,390 133May.........................................................................41,215 40,765 450 5,583 436 5,147 7,722 48,223 136April......................................................................40,989 40,540 449 5,671 479 5,192 7,738 48,693 135March................................................41,538 41,091 447 5,684 469 5,215 7,714 52,445 135February.........................................42,152 41,682 470 5,698 507 5,191 7,813 51,097 138January.....................................................................................................42,183 41,750 433 5,817 517 5,300 7,657 49,773 143

1997

December..................................................................44,271 43,898 373 5,881 543 5,338 7,553 51,199 152November....................................................................42,805 42,406 399 5,899 578 5,321 7,274 49,009 144October.................................................42,411 41,980 431 5,816 596 5,220 6,857 51,741 142September............................................................................42,725 42,369 356 5,858 646 5,212 6,226 49,152 144August................................................................................................41,100 40,705 395 5,704 630 5,074 7,333 49,065 143July.......................................................................42,859 42,499 360 5,784 627 5,157 7,356 52,627 148

June.................................................................41,285 40,888 397 5,405 507 4,898 7,302 50,814 141May.........................................................................41,368 40,963 405 5,726 610 5,116 7,299 47,972 142April......................................................................41,437 41,007 430 5,807 601 5,206 7,350 48,934 141March...............................................................................................39,810 39,363 447 5,469 622 4,847 7,395 52,327 140February.......................................................................................40,799 40,410 389 5,851 619 5,232 7,477 52,933 143January.....................................................................................................41,651 41,273 378 5,931 646 5,285 7,227 52,931 144

1/The August 1999 daily average is based on 20 days, and the July 1999 daily average is based on 20 days. 2/Beginning January 1996, includes American upland and foreign cotton. 3/Long staple cotton includes American-Pima, Sea Island and domestic raw cotton other than Americanupland. (Prior to January 1996, included foreign cotton). 4/Cotton in 1,000 running bales.

Note: Data for August 1996 through July 1997 include data for establishments not previously included in prior months; therefore, the data are not directly comparable. These establishments represent approximately2.2 percent of total cotton consumption.

Table 1b. Summary of Daily Averages of Cotton and Manmade Fibers Consumed on the Cotton System, Spindle Hours Operated, and End-of-month Stocks, Including Stocks Held at Public Warehouses, Not Seasonally Adjusted: 1997 to 1999[Cotton in running bales. Manmade fibers in thousand pounds. Spindle hours operated in millions]

Daily average consumption 1/ Stocks Dailyaverage

Month and year Cotton Manmade fibers Man- spindlemade hours

Upland and Long Non- fiber oper-Total foreign 2/ staple 3/ Total Cellulosic cellulosic Cotton 4/ staple ated 1/

1999

August................................................................................................38,131 37,507 624 5,208 298 4910.45 3,394 47,591 128July.......................................................................33,879 33,438 441 4,678 262 4415.75 3,766 47,672 111

June.................................................................38,781 38,224 557 5,261 314 4946.88 4,466 43,251 125May.........................................................................39,631 38,988 643 5,419 325 5093.55 5,371 45,488 126April......................................................................38,846 38,256 590 5,098 325 4773.1 6,199 46,848 126March................................................39,300 38,738 562 5,070 348 4722.44 7,082 52,744 129February.........................................39,771 39,157 614 5,036 347 4688.9 8,083 48,892 131January.....................................................................................................39,152 38,617 535 5,063 326 4736.76 8,953 50,037 130

1998

December.......................................31,858 31,386 472 3,905 257 3,648 9,362 43,993 111November....................................................................37,919 37,370 549 4,692 356 4,336 8,759 40,564 125October...........................................41,701 41,135 566 5,207 385 4,822 7,019 44,120 136September................................................................................................40,514 40,032 482 5,313 404 4,909 3,485 45,842 132August................................................................................................41,746 41,276 470 5,662 467 5,195 3,225 47,507 138July.......................................................................38,496 38,089 407 5,263 454 4,809 3,879 51,787 125

June.................................................................40,672 40,249 423 5,566 452 5,114 4,815 47,390 135May.........................................................................42,708 42,258 450 5,954 459 5,495 6,115 48,223 141April......................................................................41,956 41,507 449 5,853 535 5,318 7,297 48,693 139March................................................42,707 42,260 447 5,978 486 5,492 8,577 52,445 140February.........................................43,032 42,562 470 5,873 535 5,338 10,145 51,097 144January.....................................................................................................42,386 41,953 433 5,766 502 5,264 11,577 49,773 143

1997

December..................................................................38,031 37,658 373 4,900 421 4,479 12,529 51,199 129November....................................................................42,744 42,345 399 5,720 608 5,112 11,307 49,009 145October.................................................43,600 43,169 431 5,866 643 5,223 7,077 51,741 145September............................................................................44,001 43,645 356 5,899 655 5,244 2,645 49,152 144August................................................................................................43,407 43,012 395 5,984 639 5,345 3,089 49,065 148July.......................................................................39,039 38,679 360 5,357 510 4,847 3,835 52,627 134

June.................................................................41,743 41,346 397 5,690 513 5,177 4,563 50,814 144May.........................................................................42,859 42,454 405 6,106 643 5,463 5,634 47,972 148April......................................................................42,574 42,144 430 6,028 664 5,364 6,874 48,934 147March...............................................................................................41,403 40,956 447 5,716 650 5,066 8,270 52,327 146February.......................................................................................41,785 41,396 389 6,042 649 5,393 9,754 52,933 151January.....................................................................................................41,344 40,966 378 5,819 630 5,189 11,094 52,931 142

1/The August 1999 daily average is based on 20 days, and the July 1999 daily average is based on 20 days. 2/Beginning January 1996, includes American upland and foreign cotton. 3/Long staple cotton includes American-Pima, Sea Island and domestic raw cotton other than Americanupland. (Prior to January 1996, included foreign cotton). 4/Cotton in 1,000 running bales.

Note: Data for August 1996 through July 1997 include data for establishments not previously included inprior months; therefore, the data are not directly comparable. These establishments represent approximately2.2 percent of total cotton consumption.

Table 1c. Index of Daily Average Cotton and Manmade Fiber Staple Consumption[Seasonally adjusted. Index is computed on 1977 daily average = 100]

Non-Month and year Cotton Cellulosic cellulosic

1999

August................................................................................................149 18 76July.................................................................................... 151 22 76

June.........................................................................................156 20 77May...............................................................................................155 20 77April...............................................................................................156 19 75March............................................................................... 156 22 73February........................................................................... 158 21 74January................................................................................................................158 23 77

1998

December......................................................................................154 22 72November.....................................................................................154 22 74October............................................................................. 164 23 78September.....................................................................................................159 26 79August..................................................................................................162 29 80July...............................................................................................170 37 82

June...............................................................................................164 29 79May.....................................................................................................168 29 84April....................................................................................................167 32 84March................................................................................................169 31 84February..............................................................................................171 33 84January......................................................................................................172 34 86

1997

December...............................................................................................180 36 86November.......................................................................................................174 38 86October............................................................................................172 39 84September.......................................................................................................174 43 84August................................................................................................167 42 82July......................................................................................................162 29 79

June......................................................................................................168 33 79May........................................................................................................168 40 83April.......................................................................................................168 40 84March..........................................................................................................162 41 78February.............................................................................................166 41 85January......................................................................................................169 43 86

Table 2. Consumption of Cotton and Manmade Fiber Staple

August 1999 July 1999(4 weeks) (4 weeks)

Area, state, and type of fiberBales 1000 pounds Bales 1000 pounds

Domestic and foreign cotton...........................................................................762,632 380,536 677,576 338,232 By area and state: Cotton growing states...........................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) Alabama................................................................................104,815 52,362 87,903 43,898 Georgia................................................................................127,850 63,830 117,214 58,547 North Carolina...........................................................................350,122 147,688 315,075 157,325 South Carolina...........................................................................126,993 63,357 106,372 53,027 Tennessee...........................................................................8,032 4,010 6,527 3,295 Texas...................................................................................9,000 4,455 10,388 5,148 Virginia........................................................................................29,012 14,450 23,131 11,528 Other states...........................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) Rest of United States...........................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D)

By type of cotton: American upland and foreign cotton..............................................750,145 374,283 668,753 333,808 American upland..........................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) Staples less than 1 inch in length...........................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) 1 inch and 1-1/32 inch staples...........................................................................114,087 56,953 104,991 52,442 1-1/16 inch and 1-3/32 inch staples...........................................................................580,588 289,637 517,560 258,261 Staples longer than 1-3/32 inch...........................................................................25,553 12,759 21,563 10,830 Foreign cotton...........................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) Extra long staple 1/...........................................................................12,487 6,253 r/ 8,823 r/ 4,424

Manmade fiber staple 2/...........................................................................(X) 104,161 (X) 93,554 Cellulosic (rayon and acetate)...........................................................................(X) 5,952 (X) 5,239 Noncellulosic...........................................................................(X) 98,209 (X) 88,315 Nylon.............................................................................................(X) 2,646 (X) 2,501 Acrylic and modacrylic...........................................................................(X) 6,920 (X) 4,988 Polyester.........................................................................................(X) 87,085 (X) 79,198 Other manmade fiber...........................................................................(X) 1,558 (X) 1,628

D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. r/Revised by 5 or more percent from previously published data. X Not applicable.

1/Includes American-Pima, Sea Island and domestic raw cotton other than American upland. 2/Represents consumption in mills with cotton system spindles.

Table 3. Stocks of Cotton and Manmade Fiber Staple Held by Consuming Establishments

August 1999 July 1999Area, state, and type of fiber

Bales 1000 pounds Bales 1000 pounds

Domestic and foreign cotton...............................................................................566,558 282,351 565,980 282,725 By area and state: Cotton growing states...............................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) Alabama...............................................................................120,767 60,223 120,723 60,275 Georgia...............................................................................87,590 43,426 83,419 41,640 North Carolina...............................................................................195,082 97,430 195,734 97,888 South Carolina...............................................................................125,840 62,615 130,292 64,970 Tennessee...............................................................................8,717 4,313 8,368 4,153 Texas...............................................................................10,878 5,403 7,999 3,978 Virginia...............................................................................10,658 5,443 11,952 6,083 Other states...............................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) Rest of United States...............................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D)

By type of cotton: American upland and foreign cotton......................555,593 276,790 556,538 277,954 American upland...............................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) Foreign cotton.................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) Extra long staple 1/...............................................................................10,965 5,561 9,442 4,771

Manmade fiber staple 2/...............................................................................(X) 47,591 (X) 47,672 Cellulosic (rayon and acetate)...............................................................................(X) 6,928 (X) 5,900 Noncellulosic...............................................................................(X) 40,663 (X) 41,772 Nylon...............................................................................(X) 363 (X) 309 Acrylic and modacrylic...............................................................................(X) 4,207 (X) 4,196 Polyester...............................................................................(X) 35,141 (X) 36,465 Other manmade fiber...............................................................................(X) 952 (X) 802

D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. X Not applicable.

1/Includes American-Pima, Sea Island, and other domestic cotton. 2/Represents stocks in cotton mills. Stocks in other textile mills are not available.

Note: Cotton bales are running bales. Thousands of pounds are on net trading weight basis.

Table 4. Stocks of Cotton Held in Public Storage and at Compresses[Number of bales]

State and type of cotton August 1999 July 1999

Domestic and foreign cotton 1/..............................................................................2,827,794 3,200,121 By state: Alabama.................................................................................................................................57,672 79,086 Arizona/New Mexico 2/.......................................................................................172,620 213,485 Arkansas..................................................................................................................122,331 193,988 California...................................................................................................................292,873 379,198 Florida/Georgia.......................................................................................................................206,813 259,360 Louisiana................................................................................................................ 54,826 80,276 Mississippi................................................................................................................122,051 217,654 Missouri.........................................................................................................................8,471 13,514 North Carolina...........................................................................................................357,574 410,722 Oklahoma/Texas...........................................................................................................1,104,828 901,833 South Carolina............................................................................................................61,217 82,848 Tennessee...............................................................................................................266,518 368,157 Other states............................................................................................................... - -

By type of cotton: American upland 3/...................................................................................................2,758,782 3,115,083 Extra long staple 4/.................................................................................................. 69,012 85,038

- Represents zero.

1/Cotton bales are running bales except imports which are 500 lbs. equivalent gross weight bales. 2/Extra long staple cotton in storage is as follows: August 1999, 20,026; July 1999, 22,068. 3/Includes Egyptian, Sudanese, and other foreign cotton (other than foreign cotton heldin bond awaiting opening of quota or held for transshipment to other countries). 4/Includes American-Pima, Sea Island and domestic raw cotton other than American upland.

Table 5. Quantity of Linters Consumed and Stocks

August July Consumer or warehouse Unit of 1999 1999

measure (4 weeks) (4 weeks)

Consumption............................................................. Running bales.............................................................68,364 58,529 Bleachers: Running bales............................................................. ...........do.............................................................65,250 55,565 Gross weight............................................................. 1000 lbs.............................................................39,589 33,710

Other consumers............................................................. Running bales.............................................................3,114 2,964 Pacific and Mountain states............................................................. ...........do.............................................................912 847 All other states............................................................. ...........do..............................................................2,202 2,117

Stocks (end of period)............................................................. Running bales.............................................................144,417 160,348 Bleachers: Running bales............................................................. ...........do.............................................................130,232 148,190 Gross weight............................................................. 1000 lbs.............................................................81,266 92,123

Other consumers............................................................. Running bales.............................................................(D) (D) Pacific and Mountain states............................................................. ...........do.............................................................(D) (D) All other states............................................................. ...........do.............................................................(D) (D)

Public storage and compresses............................................................. ...........do.............................................................- 86

Oil mills 1/............................................................. ...........do.............................................................12,456 10,000

- Represents zero. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.

1/Estimated number of running bales based on information reported in pounds.

Table 6. Cotton System in Place and Spindle Hours by Type of Fiber Spun[Spindles in thousands. Hours in millions]

Spindles Hours

Active100 Other 100 Other

State and type Total 100 percent fibers Total 100 percent fibersspindles percent manmade and spindle percent manmade andin place cotton fibers blends hours cotton fibers blends

August 1999

United States..............................................................................5,016 2,514 748 1,408 2,559 1,453 344 762 By state: Alabama..............................................................................543 279 13 221 291 158 8 125 Georgia..............................................................................521 276 65 158 275 176 26 73 North Carolina..............................................................................2,074 1,015 556 382 1,053 612 255 186 South Carolina..............................................................................1,357 586 77 560 691 327 32 332 Tennessee..............................................................................195 (D) (D) (D) 92 (D) (D) (D) Texas..............................................................................(D) (D) - (D) (D) (D) - (D) Virginia..............................................................................242 181 (D) (D) 137 109 (D) (D) Other states..............................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)

By type: Ring spindles..............................................................................4,005 1,991 709 984 1,931 1,116 319 496 Air jet position..............................................................................110 (D) (D) 101 63 (D) (D) 59 Open-end position (i.e. rotors)..............................................................................901 (D) (D) 322 565 (D) (D) 207

July 1999

United States..............................................................................5,094 2,472 757 1,431 2,228 1,274 304 650 By state: Alabama..............................................................................546 277 12 225 250 135 6 109 Georgia..............................................................................526 281 65 159 r/ 246 158 r/ 23 r/ 65 North Carolina..............................................................................2,072 1,012 554 375 r/ 925 r/ 541 221 163 South Carolina..............................................................................1,418 563 85 569 585 274 r/ 31 280 Tennessee..............................................................................207 (D) (D) (D) 86 (D) (D) (D) Texas..............................................................................(D) (D) - (D) (D) (D) - (D) Virginia..............................................................................243 151 (D) (D) 113 89 (D) (D) Other states..............................................................................(D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)

By type: Ring spindles..............................................................................4,078 1,954 716 1,005 1,673 983 281 409 Air jet position..............................................................................109 (D) (D) 101 59 (D) (D) 55 Open-end position (i.e. rotors)..............................................................................905 (D) (D) 325 496 (D) (D) 186

- Represents zero. D Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies. r/Revised by 5 or more percentfrom previously published data.

Table 7. Consumption, Stocks, and Spindle Activity on the Cotton System by Industry Groups

Weaving mills Yarn and All otherProduct description Unit of (SIC 221, 222, thread mills industry

measure Total (223, and 224) (SIC 228) groups

August 1999

Domestic and foreign cotton: Consumption........................................................................... Bales........................................762,632 396,505 355,661 10,466 Stocks........................................................................... Bales...........................................566,558 332,293 225,934 8,331Manmade fiber staple: Consumption........................................................................... 1000 pounds........................................................104,161 62,813 31,442 9,906 Stocks........................................................................... 1000 pounds...........................47,591 24,145 17,201 6,245

Cellulosic: Consumption........................................................................... 1000 pounds............................5,952 2,973 1,869 1,110 Stocks........................................................................... 1000 pounds.................................6,928 1,457 5,232 239 Noncellulosic: Consumption........................................................................... 1000 pounds.................................98,209 59,840 29,573 8,796 Stocks........................................................................... 1000 pounds.................................40,663 22,688 11,969 6,006

Spindle activity: Spindles in place........................................................................... Thousands....................................................5,016 2,681 2,205 130 Active spindles........................................................................... Thousands....................................................4,670 2,449 2,108 113 Hours operated........................................................................... Millions..........................................................2,559 1,256 1,254 49

July 1999

Domestic and foreign cotton: Consumption........................................................................... Bales........................................677,576 343,910 324,766 8,900 Stocks........................................................................... Bales........................................565,980 333,688 224,230 8,062Manmade fiber staple: Consumption........................................................................... 1000 pounds........................................................93,554 55,178 29,698 8,678 Stocks........................................................................... 1000 pounds........................................................47,672 24,122 17,209 6,341

Cellulosic: Consumption........................................................................... 1000 pounds........................................................5,239 2,352 1,794 1,093 Stocks........................................................................... 1000 pounds........................................................5,900 1,032 4,683 185 Noncellulosic: Consumption........................................................................... 1000 pounds........................................................88,315 52,826 27,904 7,585 Stocks........................................................................... 1000 pounds........................................................41,772 23,090 12,526 6,156

Spindle activity: Spindles in place........................................................................... Thousands....................................................5,094 2,764 2,200 130 Active spindles........................................................................... Thousands....................................................4,660 2,449 2,096 115 Hours operated........................................................................... Millions..........................................................2,228 1,072 1,113 43

Table 8. Exports of Domestic Cotton, Linters, and Manmade Fiber Staple and Tow[Cotton in running bales. Linters and staple in thousand kilograms]

Country to which exported August 1999 July 1999 Year-to-date

Cotton 1/

Total............................................................................................................................................196,200 239,600 1,871,700

Japan............................................................................................................................................16,500 19,300 196,400Korea............................................................................................................................................14,900 15,600 136,400Mexico............................................................................................................................................60,500 81,500 573,300Brazil............................................................................................................................................- 500 800Taiwan............................................................................................................................................13,900 21,500 137,200Italy............................................................................................................................................1,700 800 21,400Indonesia............................................................................................................................................20,700 15,800 108,500Canada............................................................................................................................................11,300 14,200 110,600Thailand............................................................................................................................................4,600 6,300 45,900Philippines............................................................................................................................................300 1,300 27,700Other countries............................................................................................................................................51,800 62,800 513,500

Linters

Total............................................................................................................................................(NA) 3,288 (NA)

Canada............................................................................................................................................(NA) 266 (NA) Mexico............................................................................................................................................(NA) - (NA) United Kingdom............................................................................................................................................(NA) 88 (NA) Federal Republic of Germany............................................................................................................................................(NA) 354 (NA) Japan............................................................................................................................................(NA) - (NA) Other countries............................................................................................................................................(NA) 2,580 (NA)

Manmade fiber staple and tow

Total............................................................................................................................................(NA) 22,315 (NA)

Canada............................................................................................................................................(NA) 5,848 (NA) Brazil............................................................................................................................................(NA) 2,240 (NA) United Kingdom............................................................................................................................................(NA) 327 (NA) Netherlands............................................................................................................................................(NA) 291 (NA) Belgium............................................................................................................................................(NA) 205 (NA) Federal Republic of Germany............................................................................................................................................(NA) 1,433 (NA) Switzerland............................................................................................................................................(NA) - (NA) Russia............................................................................................................................................(NA) - (NA) Hong Kong............................................................................................................................................(NA) 154 (NA) Japan............................................................................................................................................(NA) 388 (NA) Australia............................................................................................................................................(NA) 134 (NA) Other countries............................................................................................................................................(NA) 11,295 (NA)

- Represent zero. NA Not available.

1/Source: U.S. Export Sales, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Note: July 1999 cotton imports were 71,982.

Table 9. Supply and Distribution of Cotton: 1998/1999 Crop Year[Quantity is running bales]

Supply and distribution Cotton

Supply

Stocks, July 25, 1998..................................................................................................................................................4,079,052 In consuming establishments.................................................................................................................731,395 In public storage and at compresses.......................................................................................................3,147,657 Elsewhere.....................................................................................................................................................200,000

Net imports....................................................................................................................................................408,175 Total imports for consumption........................................................................................................................................408,175 Less: re-exports...............................................................................................................................................-

Ginnings, crop year of 1998 during crop year 1998 to 1999 ................................................................13,388,400 Total ginnings, crop year of 1998.........................................................................................................................13,533,950 Less: ginnings prior to August 1, 1998.....................................................................................................................145,550

Ginnings prior to August 1, 1999 crop year of 1998...............................................................................................................80,650

Aggregate supply.............................................................................................................................................17,956,277

Distribution

Total exports.................................................................................................................................................4,087,200Consumption, July 26, 1998 to July 31, 1999 .........................................................................................................................10,209,978Cotton lost or destroyed............................................................................................................................................10,000Stocks, July 31, 1999 1/..........................................................................................................................................................3,866,101 In consuming establishments.............................................................................................................................565,980 In public storage................................................................................................................................................................3,200,121 Elsewhere (partially estimated) 2/ ...............................................................................................................................100,000

Aggregate distribution................................................................................................................................18,173,279

Excess of reported supply over distribution....................................................................................................................................(217,002)

- Represents zero.

1/The cotton "carry-over" in the United States as of August 1, 1999 is 3,866,101 bales.Linters are not included in this "carry-over." In addition to stocks of cotton in warehousesand in consuming establishments, this figure includes a partially estimated count of cottonheld elsewhere. 2/Includes cotton in transit to ports, warehouses, consuming establishments, andCanada; on docks, on shipboard but not cleared, and other ports stocks not in warehousesor consuming establishments; and on farms, in merchant sheds, and other private storage.