Fiber, Rugs, Carpeting, and Sheets--Shipments statistics



Product	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


All fibers ¹.	Mil. lbs	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	677	720	730	743	812	837	926	1,008	1,036	953	912	905	833
Raw wool ² ³	Mil. lbs	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	137	143	133	135	133	152	151	157	153	142	142	144	115
Noils and fiber ⁴	Mil. lbs	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	35	30	24	24	20	21	21	23	19	20	23	20	11
Other fibers	Mil. lbs	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	505	548	573	584	659	664	754	829	864	792	748	740	708
Knit fabric production.	Mil. lbs	(NA)	1,411	1,309	1,460	1,514	1,496	1,757	1,737	1,662	1,935	1,901	1,963	2,179	2,188	2,211	2,131	1,919	2,174	1,866

Rugs, carpet and carpeting.	Mil. dol.	4,914	5,250	4,961	6,045	6,462	6,606	7,312	7,929	8,417	8,431	8,527	7,980	8,749	9,283	9,531	9,770	10,148	10,264	10,853

Sheets	1,000 doz.	17,225	17,412	15,487	17,795	17,126	15,491	15,053	15,361	15,505	15,663	14,716	14,505	15,300	16,331	16,190	15,282	16,108	19,745	20,095
Pillow cases..	1,000 doz.	14,694	14,441	12,382	14,950	15,147	13,174	12,372	12,627	12,564	13,089	12,443	12,082	12,945	14,464	14,622	14,232	14,234	17,520	18,473
Terry towels..	1,000 doz.	43,957	44,931	41,117	49,742	46,954	44,974	50,182	52,425	47,179	62,741	41,855	43,596	46,885	47,161	48,348	47,939	46,991	44,980	43,084

NA Not available.
1 Includes man-made fiber top converted from tow without combing. A number of companies were added for 1990 based on information in the 1987 Census of Manufactures. Data were received from these companies for 1990; therefore, the information shown for years prior to 1990 may not be directly comparable. These changes represent approximately 20 percent of the total fibers consumed on the woolen system and worsted combing.
2 Data are shown on a scoured basis for greasy wool.
3 Shorn and pulled wool of sheep excludes raw wool consumed in cotton system spinning to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies.
4 Includes reprocessed and reused wool, mohair, alpaca, vicuna, and other specialty fibers as well as tops and noils consumed in woolen spinning and mohair consumed in worsted combing. Does not include wool tops consumed in cotton system spinning.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, through 1992, Current Industrial Reports, MA22K, MA22Q, MQ22D and MQ23X, annual; and Manufacturing Profiles, series MP/98, annual.

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* SHEETS, PILLOWCASES, AND TOWELS

PURPOSE

To provide detailed data on production and shipments of sheets, pillowcases, and towels. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this survey and provides for voluntary quarterly and mandatory annual responses. The American Textile Manufacturers Institute funds the collection of supplemental detailed information such as thread count and size breakouts.

COVERAGE

All companies that produce sheets, pillowcases, and towels in the U.S. (most but not all are partially in SIC 2392). In 1993, the value of shipments of sheets was over $1 billion.

CONTENT

Data are collected for over 50 types of products. Data include production, quantity and value of shipments, and inventories by type of fabric, size, end use and method of distribution.

FREQUENCY

Quarterly and annually; reported data are for activities taking place during the applicable reporting period. Data on sheets, pillowcases, and towels have been collected since 1960.

METHODS

A mail-out/mail-back survey of all 45 known manufacturers; annual reports are required from those companies that do not report monthly. Companies were identified from the latest census of manufactures and are contacted using form MQ23X. Quarterly data may be revised if firms later provide corrected data or return the annual report. Annual figures are compared with the data from the annual survey of manufactures to reconcile any differences between the two series.

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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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