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1245. Broadwoven and Knit Fabrics--Shipments, Foreign Trade, and Apparent Consumption

[Fabric blends as shown in the CIR report, MQ22T are reported based on the chief weight of the fiber; whereas, fabrics blends as shown for imports are based on the chief value of the fiber. Apparent consumption represents new domestic supply and is derived by subtracting exports for the total manufacturers' shipments plus imports. For description of methodology, see below table]

 
1998 1998
Percent Percent
Manu- imports Exports of domestic exports
Product description factures' Imports for consumption to manu- merchandise to manu- Apparent
shipments facturers' facturers' consump-
(quantity) Quantity Value 1 shipments Quantity Value shipments tion
($1,000) ($1,000) (quantity)
 
PRODUCTION AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION
BROADWOVEN FABRICS
(quantity 1,000 sq. meters)
 
Cotton fabrics 3 3,974,463 1,563,075 1,678,463 39.3 309,440 711,702 7.8 5,228,098
  Cheesecloth and batistes                                                                 611,131 70,857 38,019 11.6 23,265 47,666 3.8 658,723
  Print cloth                                                                 152,388 297,307 152,149 195.1 9,236 19,872 6.1 440,459
  Poplin and broadcloth                                                                 47,552 232,871 178,366 489.7 25,575 83,060 53.8 254,848
    Weighing 59 ounces or less per square yard                                                                 (D) 231,416 173,987 (D) 16,526 57,531 (D) (D)
    Weighing more than 59 ounces per square yard                                                                 (D) 1,455 4,379 (D) 9,049 25,529 (D) (D)
  Duck including tape warp                                                                 32,597 128,848 111,977 395.3 8,313 20,252 25.2 153,132
  Sheeting                                                                 798,662 237,648 159,857 29.3 10,245 23,584 1.3 1,026,065
  Twills and sateens                                                                 697,232 224,024 279,769 32.1 60,870 116,755 8.7 860,386
  Oxfords                                                                 52,092 10,693 18,119 20.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  All other constructions                                                                 181,485 97,266 195,230 53.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Blue denim                                                                 794,216 153,188 278,868 19.3 134,906 312,479 17.0 812,498
  Yarn dyed fabric                                                                 165,398 88,100 183,790 53.3 31,327 66,746 18.9 222,171
  Pile fabric except terry, including yarn dyed                                                                 (D) 19,110 75,745 (D) 4,496 17,365 (D) (D)
  Terry, including yarn dyed                                                             (D) 3,163 6,574 (D) 1,207 3,923 (D) (D)
 
Manmade fiber fabrics                                                                 9,616,057 1,107,941 1,367,862 11.5 448,613 992,696 4.7 10,275,385
 
  85% or more Filament yarn fabrics                                                                 5,186,359 585,538 712,944 11.3 250,155 541,452 4.8 5,521,742
    Nylon and polyester high tenacity                                                                 67,826 14,378 32,150 21.2 29,422 71,012 43.4 52,782
    Rayon high tenacity fabric                                                                 (D) 634 1,487 (D) 6,327 15,909 (D) (D)
    Typewriter fabric                                                                 (D) 11 50 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Rayon or acetate filament yarn fabrics                                                                 275,676 20,567 85,288 7.5 17,500 36,974 6.3 278,743
    Polyester filament yarn fabric                                                                 695,530 288,685 415,970 41.5 89,233 152,650 12.8 894,982
    Glass fiber fabric                                                                 388,845 47,755 51,780 12.3 17,308 48,821 4.5 419,292
    Nylon filament yarn fabric                                                                 246,183 49,527 55,887 20.1 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    85% or more filament yarn obtained from strip                                                                                   0 137,545 28,826 (NA) 14,837 33,081 (NA) 122,708
    All other filament yarn fabric                                                                 3,451,982 26,436 41,506 0.8 75,528 183,005 2.2 3,402,890
 
  85 percent or more spun yarn fabric                                                                 3,240,018 276,410 305,840 8.5 155,783 336,722 4.8 3,360,645
    Cheesecloth and batistes                                                                 111,510 11,643 7,326 10.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Poplin and broadcloth                                                                 (D) 82,059 57,833 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton blends weighing less than 50 ounces per square yard                                 287,613 73,014 44,405 25.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton blends weighing more than 50 ounces per square yard                                                   29,857 1,970 2,211 6.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      All other spun yarns                                                                 (D) 7,075 11,217 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Print cloth                                                                 493,827 52,496 26,095 10.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Duck                                                                 (D) 7,121 6,127 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sheeting                                                                 1,445,707 25,647 28,247 1.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton weighing 50 ounces or less per square yard                                                                 (D) 18,526 9,609 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton weighing more than 50 ounces per square yard                                                                 (D) 206 285 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      All other spun yarn                                                                 140,271 6,915 18,353 4.9 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sateens or Twills                                                                 399,703 59,203 48,657 14.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Oxford                                                                 33,643 12 27 _ (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    All other spun manmade fabrics                                                                 135,016 22,254 64,599 16.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Yarn dyed fabric                                                                 189,864 4,653 6,376 2.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Pile fabrics                                                                 53,341 11,322 60,553 21.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Spun/filament yarn combinations, including yarn dyed                                                                 1,189,680 245,993 349,078 20.7 42,675 114,522 3.6 1,392,998
    Poplin and broadcloth                                                                                 365,314 119,524 101,234 32.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sheeting                                                                                 (D) 6,953 14,403 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Print cloth                                                                                 265,750 34,082 21,368 12.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  (D) 22,059 57,498 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    All other                                                                                 431,368 63,375 154,575 14.7 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Chiefly manmade/wool blends                                                                 30,008 9,739 33,043 32.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
 
Silk fabrics                                                                 382 31,470 299,883 8,235.9 2,608 20,630 682.5 29,244
Wool fabrics                                                                 110,546 32,674 317,680 29.6 15,251 80,796 13.8 127,969
 
SHIPMENTS AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION
OF KNIT FABRICS
(quantity in 1,000 kilograms)
 
    Total                     883,780 107,877 907,618 12.2 71,174 600,897 8.1 (NA)
 
Pile fabrics                                                                                                                 80,558 35,763 312,688 44.4 20,210 180,668 25.1 (NA)
  Long pile fabrics                     32,359 2,054 14,662 6.3 2,308 20,794 7.1 (NA)
  Looped pile fabrics                                                                                 36,396 11,694 75,057 32.1 5,667 78,822 15.6 (NA)
    Of cotton fibers                                                                                                       (D) 788 6,402 (D) 19 244 (D) (NA)
    Of manmade fibers                                                                                     (D) 10,486 61,802 (D) 4,362 73,048 (D) (NA)
    Of other fibers                                                                                                               (D) 420 6,853 (D) 1,286 5,530 (D) (NA)
  Other pile fabrics                                                                                                             11,802 22,015 222,969 (D) 12,235 81,052 103.7 (NA)
    Of cotton fibers                                                                                                             (D) 722 6,688 (D) 1,409 4,580 (D) (NA)
    Of manmade fibers                                                                                                         (D) 21,207 214,764 (D) 5,022 51,921 (D) (NA)
    Of other fibers                                                                                                               (D) 86 1,517 (D) 5,804 24,551 (D) (NA)
 
Elastic fabric                                       46,296 13,430 171,645 29.0 10,994 110,955 23.7 (NA)
  12 inches or less in width                                                                                 16,730 961 8,973 5.7 8,807 68,502 52.6 (NA)
  Over 12 inches in width                                                                                                     29,566 12,469 162,672 42.2 2,187 42,453 7.4 (NA)
 
Other warp knit fabrics                                                                                                         122,991 11,659 111,206 9.5 6,395 70,248 5.2 (NA)
  Of cotton fibers                                                                                             7,600 316 3,111 4.2 1,795 16,661 23.6 (NA)
  Of wool fibers                                                                                 (D) 10 183 (D) 23 427 (D) (NA)
  Of manmade fibers                                       114,348 11,293 106,961 9.9 4,266 49,063 3.7 (NA)
  Of other fibers                                       (D) 40 951 (D) 311 4,097 (D) (NA)
 
Other narrow knit fabrics                                       20,810 1,117 14,094 5.4 2,806 37,816 13.5 (NA)
 
Other knit fabrics                                       613,126 45,908 297,985 7.5 30,769 201,210 5.0 (NA)
  Of cotton fibers                                       320,877 32,606 133,253 10.2 14,258 69,772 4.4 (NA)
  Of wool fibers                                       1,750 73 3,043 4.2 141 4,053 8.1 (NA)
  Of manmade fibers                                       (D) 13,145 160,375 (D) 14,782 109,057 (D) (NA)
    Double knit or interlock                                       (D) 5,682 65,054 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Other                                       233,200 7,463 95,321 3.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of other fibers                                       (D) 84 1,314 (D) 1,588 18,328 (D) (NA)
 
  1999 1999
 
  Percent Percent
  Manu- imports Exports of domestic exports
Product description factures' Imports for consumption to manu- merchandise to manu- Apparent
  shipments facturers' facturers' consump-
  (quantity) Quantity Value 1 shipments Quantity Value shipments tion
  ($1,000) ($1,000) (quantity)
 
 
PRODUCTION AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION
BROADWOVEN FABRICS
(quantity 1,000 sq. meters)
 
Cotton fabrics 3 3,721,426 1,441,820 1,580,363 38.7 409,524 908,138 11.0 4,753,722
  Cheesecloth and batistes                                                                 703,635 45,242 30,655 6.4 24,384 63,702 3.5 724,493
  Print cloth                                                                 130,100 270,400 116,213 207.8 31,880 71,414 24.5 368,620
  Poplin and broadcloth                                                                 33,809 214,075 179,026 633.2 27,810 77,841 82.3 220,074
    Weighing 59 ounces or less per square yard                                                                 (D) 210,953 172,510 (D) 16,841 45,640 (D) (D)
    Weighing more than 59 ounces per square yard                                                                 (D) 3,122 6,516 (D) 10,969 32,201 (D) (D)
  Duck including tape warp                                                                 31,498 110,632 88,976 351.2 7,988 18,571 25.4 134,142
  Sheeting                                                                 809,983 215,463 132,745 26.6 9,067 18,888 1.1 1,016,379
  Twills and sateens                                                                 644,071 240,629 334,589 37.4 89,715 185,528 13.9 794,985
  Oxfords                                                                 41,776 7,447 12,801 17.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  All other constructions                                                                 157,865 93,933 187,249 59.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Blue denim                                                                 674,861 138,536 252,132 20.5 172,127 368,361 25.5 641,270
  Yarn dyed fabric                                                                 105,855 88,771 178,825 83.9 41,635 86,647 39.3 152,991
  Pile fabric except terry, including yarn dyed                                                                 (D) 13,793 61,392 (D) 3,693 13,136 (D) (D)
  Terry, including yarn dyed                                                             (D) 2,899 5,760 (D) 1,225 4,050 (D) (D)
 
Manmade fiber fabrics                                                                 9,886,839 1,086,727 1,275,308 11.0 479,941 1,030,537 4.0 10,576,305
 
  85% or more Filament yarn fabrics                                                                 5,667,580 643,185 688,493 11.3 256,677 568,762 3.1 6,136,768
    Nylon and polyester high tenacity                                                                 71,710 9,574 31,749 13.4 27,230 61,603 38.0 54,054
    Rayon high tenacity fabric                                                                 (D) 685 1,306 (D) 3,963 11,871 (D) (D)
    Typewriter fabric                                                                 (D) 67 139 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Rayon or acetate filament yarn fabrics                                                                 203,605 17,799 64,188 8.7 13,976 27,000 6.9 207,428
    Polyester filament yarn fabric                                                                 605,422 302,423 380,573 50.0 91,867 169,195 1.5 898,658
    Glass fiber fabric                                                                 392,853 76,135 71,243 19.4 12,253 44,851 3.1 456,735
    Nylon filament yarn fabric                                                                 224,632 61,535 62,265 27.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    85% or more filament yarn obtained from strip                                                                                   0 142,141 27,362 (NA) 17,940 41,230 (NA) 124,201
    All other filament yarn fabric                                                                 4,118,875 32,826 49,668 0.8 89,448 213,012 2.2 4,062,253
 
  85 percent or more spun yarn fabric                                                                 3,185,991 243,723 270,258 7.6 177,482 358,919 5.6 3,252,232
    Cheesecloth and batistes                                                                 29,369 14,394 7,558 49.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Poplin and broadcloth                                                                 (D) 68,959 46,284 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton blends weighing less than 50 ounces per square yard                                 348,572 57,706 32,433 16.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton blends weighing more than 50 ounces per square yard                                                   20,397 1,176 1,488 5.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      All other spun yarns                                                                 (D) 11,998 8,267 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Print cloth                                                                 408,311 42,572 19,182 10.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Duck                                                                 (D) 10,077 12,363 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sheeting                                                                 1,442,483 22,284 26,917 1.5 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton weighing 50 ounces or less per square yard                                                                 (D) 14,076 7,276 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      poly/cotton weighing more than 50 ounces per square yard                                                                 (D) 928 681 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
      All other spun yarn                                                                 150,712 7,280 18,960 4.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sateens or Twills                                                                 422,224 52,066 48,776 12.3 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Oxford                                                                 25,700 57 55 0.0 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    All other spun manmade fabrics                                                                 200,830 20,497 63,324 10.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Yarn dyed fabric                                                                 186,272 2,267 3,246 1.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Pile fabrics                                                                 48,933 8,629 46,649 17.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Spun/filament yarn combinations, including yarn dyed                                                                 1,033,268 199,819 316,557 19.3 45,782 102,856 4 1,187,305
    Poplin and broadcloth                                                                                 282,073 86,187 96,774 30.6 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Sheeting                                                                                 (D) 6,361 10,903 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Print cloth                                                                                 194,032 22,047 12,545 11.4 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Twills and Sateens                                                                                 (D) 16,961 44,898 (D) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    All other                                                                                 431,405 68,263 151,437 15.8 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Chiefly manmade/wool blends                                                                 20,806 6,708 25,863 32.2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
 
Silk fabrics                                                                 274 31,483 273,846 11,479.8 2,010 15,647 732.9 29,747
Wool fabrics                                                                 64,656 33,879 297,654 52.4 12,907 71,015 20.0 85,628
 
SHIPMENTS AND APPARENT CONSUMPTION
OF KNIT FABRICS
(quantity in 1,000 kilograms)
 
    Total                     (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
 
Pile fabrics                                                                                                                 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Long pile fabrics                     (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Looped pile fabrics                                                                                 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Of cotton fibers                                                                                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Of manmade fibers                                                                                     (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Of other fibers                                                                                                               (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Other pile fabrics                                                                                                             (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Of cotton fibers                                                                                                             (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Of manmade fibers                                                                                                         (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Of other fibers                                                                                                               (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
 
Elastic fabric                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  12 inches or less in width                                                                                 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Over 12 inches in width                                                                                                     (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
 
Other warp knit fabrics                                                                                                         (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of cotton fibers                                                                                             (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of wool fibers                                                                                 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of manmade fibers                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of other fibers                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
 
Other narrow knit fabrics                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
 
Other knit fabrics                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of cotton fibers                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of wool fibers                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of manmade fibers                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Double knit or interlock                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
    Other                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
  Of other fibers                                       (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)


D Data withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. NA Not available.
1 For broadwoven fabrics, represents production of gray broadwoven fabrics; import and export data represent gray as well as finished broadwoven fabrics. |
2 Dollar value represents the c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) at the first port of entry in the United States plus calculated import duty. |
3 Includes all cotton and chiefly cotton mixed with manmade fiber.
4 Individual export data is not available for these products, however; export data is available on a total basis.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturing Profiles, Series MP/98; and (issued 18 June 1999); and http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/1/ma22k98.pdf (issued December 1999). http://www.census.gov/mcd/index.html

* BROADWOVEN FABRICS

PURPOSE

To provide detailed data on the production of broadwoven fabrics and the number of active weaving looms. The United States Code, Title 13, requires this survey and provides for mandatory responses.

COVERAGE

Companies manufacturing broadwoven fabrics (gray) in the U.S. (most but not all are in SIC 221-223, and 2296), except very small firms (generally less than 5 employees) for which census of manufactures data were from administrative records. In the first quarter of 1993, almost 93 thousand looms produced 4.1 million square yards of fabric.

CONTENT

Data are collected for over 100 types of fabric. Product data at the 7-digit SIC level include quantity of fabric produced and number of looms operating. Additional data collected on looms include; number in place and hours of operation by type of loom.

FREQUENCY

Quarterly; reported data are for activities taking place during the previous calendar quarter. Data on broadwoven fabrics have been collected since 1943.

METHODS

A mail-out/mail-back survey of 350 manufacturers. Companies are identified from the latest census of manufactures and contacted using form MQ22T. Quarterly data may be revised if firms later provide corrected data. * KNIT FABRICS

PURPOSE

To provide detailed data on the production of selected knit fabrics. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey and provides for mandatory responses.

COVERAGE

Firms producing knit fabrics (most but not all are in SIC 2257-8), except small firms (generally less than 5 employees) for which census of manufactures data were from administrative records. In 1992, 22,325 knitting machines produced over 2 billion pounds of fabric.

CONTENT

Data are collected for over 50 types of knit fabric. Data collected at the 7-digit SIC level include production, number of knitting machines, internal consumption, and method of distribution.

FREQUENCY

Annually; reported data are for activities taking place during the previous calendar year. Data on knit fabric production have been collected by the Bureau of the Census since 1966.

METHODS

A mail-out/mail-back cutoff survey of 725 knit fabric manufacturers. Firms are identified from the latest census of manufactures and private sources. Firms are contacted using form MA22K. Data may be revised if firms later provide corrected data.

*



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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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