REGIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL DISAGGREGATION OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN A NATIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL

Crop Production/Industries,

Marketing Cotton--From Farmer to Consumer

Excerpts from the report: Technology has changed significantly in recent years at all stages of the marketing system for cotton and cotton textile products. Associated with these developments have been changes in market structure and organization, and in efficiency of providing marketing services. In addition, the ever-changing character of consumer demand for textile products greatly influences the cotton and cotton-products industries. The cotton industry is faced with rising costs, competition from foreign cottons for export outlets, the problem of maintaining and improving quality, the need to find and promote new uses and markets for cotton, and competition from manmade fibers, plastics, paper, and other raw materials

Cost of Merchandising U.S. Cotton, 1974/75 Season

Detailed estimates of the major costs of merchandising U.S. cotton during the 1974/75 season are presented. The weighted average cost of assembling and distributing to all domestic and foreign outlets was $38.63 per bale, up 43 percent from 1972/73. Costs were developed from each of four regions to ten outlets. Also, costs were developed from major market trading areas to specific domestic and foreign market outlets

Shippers' Cost of Merchandising U.S. Cotton, 1972/73 Season

Detailed estimates of the major costs of merchandising American cotton during the 1972/73 season are provided. The weighted average total cost to assemble and distribute American cotton to all outlets was $26.98 per bale. Costs were also developed from each of four regions and three market trading areas in each region to 10 specific outlets, both domestic and foreign

An Interindustry Analysis of Grain Production and Processing: Implications of Expanding Markets

A 65-sector input-output model describing the U.S. economy in 1967 provides the basic framework for this study. Grain producing and processing industries are analyzed in terms of their output levels and input structures in interaction with each other and with other sectors of the economy. Results reveal that the grain sectors are significantly economically interdependent. In addition, increases in certain final-demand markets are examined for their effect on the grain producing and processing sectors. Results indicate widely varying impacts on the output levels of the grain sector

U.S. Cotton Distribution Patterns, 1986-87

Expanding U.S. cotton exports and declining domestic demand reduced domestic mill shipments from 68 percent of all shipments in 1970/71 to 45 percent in 1980/81. Trucks, recently replacing rail as the primary cotton transporter, moved 53 percent of the shipments in 1975/76, but 69 percent in 1980/81. Results of an industrywide survey to determine the origins, destinations, and volumes of cotton shipped to alternative domestic outlets and export points during 1980/81 are presented, with data by State, region, and for the Nation, by mode of transportation. Results are also compared with similar surveys of the 1970 and 1975 crop years

U.S. Cotton Distribution Patterns,1980-81

Expanding U.S. cotton exports and declining domestic demand reduced domestic mill shipments from 68 percent of all shipments in 1970/71 to 45 percent in 1980/81. Trucks, recently replacing rail as the primary cotton transporter, moved 53 percent of the shipments in 1975/76, but 69 percent in 1980/81. Results of an industrywide survey to determine the origins, destinations, and volumes of cotton shipped to alternative domestic outlets and export points during 1980/81 are presented, with data by State, region, and for the Nation, by mode of transportation. Results are also compared with similar surveys of the 1970 and 1975 crop years