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-? ~ UNITED STo..TS DrF..hT::.'- OF AiGRICULTUR Bureau of Agricultural Economics Washington '00L-3 March 1), 1937 THE 0 0 L SITUATI 0 N with - Quarterly Statistical Supplement Summary Prices of wool in this country probably will be maintained near present levels during the first 3 or 4 months t-f the new marketing season which begins April 1, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports. Al- though domestic and foreign prices for wool weakened slightly in the last month, supplies of wool in the United States and abroad are relatively small and demand conditions continue favorable. Production of shorn wool in the United States in 1937 is not expected to show much change from that of last year when 360,327,000 pounds were pro- duced. An increase of 1 percent in the number of stock sheep and lambs on range hand as of January 1 probably will be offset by unfavorable/conditions in the Western States, where approximately 70 percent of the shorn wool is pro- duced. Domestic production of pulled wool in 1936 was estimated at 66,200,000 pounds. Wool prices in the United States are now at a relatively high level as compared with prices of oTher textile fibers. The high prices are a re- sult of the exceptionally strong demand for wool in the past 2 years and the reduction in world wool supplies. Although there is as yet no definite indication of a reduction in mill consumption of wool for 1937, it is possible, in view of the relatively high level of wool prices in relation to prices of NIV. F L I other textile materials, that consumption in the United St te t ay not be as large as in 1936. *** "' U.S. DEPOSITORY .'00L-3 2- Trading in domestic wcols on the Boston mr-rket ..:as vcry' light during February. .Heavy arrivals of foreign wools modo it difficult tc obtain the premium asked on the small remaining supplies of spot domestic :.ools at Boston and lover quotations were reported on some grades. The declines were not expected to affect farm prices of T aol materially. A considerable amount of the 1937 clip cf territory Twool is already under contr-ct to dealers and mills for delivery after shearing. '''"ol prices in foreign markets were somewhat irregular icuring February but prices at the opening of the London sales on I-arch 2 sho--:d little change as conp-red with the closing prices on January 27. In view of the relatively small supplies rema.i-iing for disposal in the Southern Hemisphers foreign wool prices are likely to remain near prcent levels, at least unt:.l the new Southern Hemisphere clip becomes available next fall. Copies of "Agrici'ltural Statistics 1936"' Ava-ilo.le A limited number of copies >f "Aricultuir-1 Statis- tics, 1936" are still available. This 420-page printed volume contains statistics which cover practically all of the important farm products of the United States. The statistics relate to acrercee, production, fari., price, farm value, and foreign trade of the principal cc:.n-:.Lities. Copies rrncy be obtained. from the Supcrinttendent of Dpccunents, Government Printing Office, T. shingtrn, D. C., at C5 cents each. -3- DCM-STIC SITUATION B..ck.r.rund The sharp decline in wool prices from 1929 to the summer of 1932 reflected the influence of the world wide business depression and the unusually large world production of wool. A marked rise in prices in 1933 resulting from increased demand was followed by a decline in 1934. General improvement in economic conditions and expanded rearmament programs in some for- eign countries nave resulted in a strong world demand for wool since the middle of 1935. World supplies have been reduced and prices of most wools have advanced to the highest levels since 1929. The large consumption of wool by United States mills in 1935 and 1936 has greatly increased import requirements, and changes in the foreign wool situation are of considerable importance in the domestic outlook. Tool Sales and Prices Trading in domestic wvools on the Boston market was very light during February. Heavy arrivals of foreign wools made it difficult to secure the premium asked on the small remaining supplies of spot domestic -ools at Boston and lower quotations -ere'reported on some grades. The declines rep- resented an adjustment in price relationships rather than a weakening. of the domestic price situation. The quantity of wool sold was too small to serve as a test of market values. Fine territory wools in original bags were available at Boston at $1.08-$1.10 a pound, scoured basis, the latter part of February corpared"with about $1.12 a pound at the-January peak. The- decline amounted to about 1-2 cents a pound grease basis. Ohio and similar fleece wools including combing 3/8 and 1/4 blood grades were offered at 49-50 cents at the end of February crmtared with 52-54 cents in January. See table 1 for monthly average prices of graded territory wools. The chief interest in domestic wools has now shifted to the new clip. Early shorn Arizona wools, grading average too good French combing, were re- ported sold to mills in February at about $1.05-$1.07 a foundd scoured basis, delivered to buyers in the East. The grease wool prices would be about 42-43 cents for lots shrinking 60 -ercent and about 35-36 cents for lots shrinking 66-67 percent. A considerable amount of the 1937 clip of territory wool is already under contract to dealers and mills for delivery after shearing. Domestic Production Tool production in the United States in 1936 was 427,000,000 pounds according to the revised estimate released by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics on March 2, 1937, showing production of shorn and pulled wool com- bined. There -as a decrease of about 1 percent compared with productidn'in the 2 preceding years and a reduction of about the same percentage compared with the average for the years 1930-34. As compared with the record pro- duction of 1931, there --as a decrease of 4 percent. -"oL-3 Judi-:ed by the- n=~mer of stcck sheep and( lamb orn hand rn January 1 1937, as ccmparc-d :rith a year aEg, and the -nndition of sheep in the western range area 'during th- first E mcntn-, of t:ie. -u.rent -rrl gro-.iing season, the snorn ,-rool clip in 1337 will liffer very little fr:om 'ne '1, 3271, r- pounds produced in 1936. T*hst year 4L, fh3,0'1I sheep -'ere shcrn, -iT.h an average -eight per fleece of 7.89 pounds. The 1 pcer-'-nt increase in the n.im'er of stock sheep and lamis on har.i as of Janiary 1, 47,15r '.r, prjtally -ill be offset to some extent cy th1e rn.rer sheep and ran-e conditions in the -estern ranr-e area here approximately 714 percent of the shorn .wo'o -lip --as ,ro- duced in 1936. Shee"' nnltr-t ions ir. the- -Est-ern ran.c rr.c fcr the 8-nonth period en .ed Febr-'arv 1, 19)7, ere five points lo-er than in the same period a year earlier and range ondi'tions tr-n points lo-.er, lut they -7cre similar to conditions receding the 1'9` 4 :lip. United States: ITuL'ber of sokF, sheep on hand Jenuanry 1, number shorn, and -pcol production, 193 -37 S Sheeop and lamns : Wool : -umber of : : : A0e raTe total :stock shen;: Avera : Shrrn : Pulled : Year .-miuer -eight Trecut ion and lambs : : : -:ool orn ff :f : cn hand : :1in :Crodu.ei: fl:eece -: 1 : Jan. 1 : __ _: : lilln ion 1. ilion Million .'lillicn Million : head ed F ur.ds und__ pounds ouni s 1930 45.6 44., 7.:' 2.1 A Lh14. 1931 : 47.7 1.. 6.04 7 .4 ." 2.4 1932 : 7 7.7 3-1.r' t7.l 41s.1 1933 47.1 4' .., 7 4.: 4.7 .4 1934 : 48.5 .. 7 7.54 :7 6 , 1935 : 46.6 42., 4. 7 ..' .7 1936 : 46.4 45.7 7.89 0.)5 '2 r) 5 1937 : 47.2 Mill 'r snnpticn Consumption of a.ararl -o1l b .'.-.iteld 3'at-s rr.ills in January -as belo- the unusually iin 1.--vl1 ra.--.:'. i~. L'--ber but the rate of .*-onstuap- tion -as the hi2hi-s- repcrt.- f-r Janruary sin- 132'. Th. -eekly average rc.nsumption of ar~p..arl -ccl .-as 5,7.; C *Y o-inis, secured Iasis, in January compared -ith the revised estimarc rf '_,.2,0 '" roCLLnds for r'enemter and 5,645,tc$ pounds in Janruary y 193. Total .'r.rns;urpt iorn in the 5 -eeks endel January 30 -7as 28,814,' rcc.unl, sourd basi, and was equivalent to 51,120,00(, pTounds oc snrirrn -:.'r.o, arcars.' chor.n asis, and. 7,95,C'ir pounds of pulled wool, greaCv r1ll-d basis. i'-.ns'.ur. ion by grrades and origin for 1935 and 1536 is shoTr. in table 2 in t.h; Stattistial Supmlement. Machinery activity figures for 19 ad anI. 193C. re ,.o-n in table 3. - 4 - WOOL -3 Unfilled Orders Held_ 1b Mills on January 2 The ii-itioni.l Association of 7ool .Manufacturers reports the following statistics on unfilled orders held for certain woven cloths containing by w:eight more than 25 percent of yarns spun on the woolen and worsted system by firm.:s ih the United States equipped in January 1935 with 34,000 loons. Date 1en' s Women' s Auto Total S we-r : wear : cloths / : :1,000 linear 1,020 linear 1,000 linear 1,000 linear y yards arrds yards yards Dec. 23, 1935: ,36,127 10,808 2 2 Oct. 3, 1936 : 24,83 '6,725 2,62 34,251 Jan. 2, 1937 : 39,293 15,078 3,726 58,100 Compiled from ".dnthly Statistics of 7ool l:anufacture", Janu.arj 1937 Cloth less than 50 inches wide re-orted in equivalent 54-inch yardage. I/ :Ece-t those with pile or jacquard' design. 2~ No cc--marable figures collected. At the average rate of production riaintainred by these m-ills in 1936, the unfilled orders on Jonuary 2 represented about 13 weeks of activity. :.Ien's vear fabrics were sold some'rhrat further ahead than women's vwenr and mill production of s-rini -oods was expected to continue s~,e'"lot later than usual this year. M1ill openings on fall lines are expected in :Iarch ond mill consu-ption probably will be fairly well maintained durin- the first half of the yeor. Index iTu.-iers of Toytile Prices Index numbers of prices of vool, cotton, silk, and rayon Jarn in the United States for the years 1929 to 1936 are shown in the accon ranyin5. table. The decline in apprrel wool prices during the Repression years 'aCs not as ,rea.t as the decline in prices of cotton and silki and the recovery fron the low has been vre.ter for wvool than for the other fibers. In Januar.y 1937 the index number for fine wool was 116.2 (1979 = 1CO) compared with 70.5 for ootton, 41.5 for silk and 48.2 for rnyon. The high level of wool -rices ?as been the result of exceptionally strong" demand and reduced world supplies. Connmu-'tion of aptparel wool by United States mills in both 1935 and 1936 was greater th`an in any previous year since 1923. Consumation of cotton did not regain the precdepression level until 1936. Cotton consurvtion is related more directly to variations in industrial activity than is wool consum-,tion, since a consioer-ble part of the total consunntion of cotton is for industrial jser, while the principal use of wool is in the clothing industry, - 5 - JtOOL-3 Although there are as yet no definite indications of a material decline in nill consrur:ition of 70ool in 1937, it is possible in view of the continued hih prices of wool in relation to n'rices of other textile materials, that mill consuncntion in 1937 Jilll not be so lir-e as in 1936. Index nr,!.'bers of -rices of wool, cotton, silk, ond r-.yon ;yPrn, United States, 1929-36 ~~____~_______(1_:? = 100)(c Yerr : ool : Cztton Silk : iyjon yarn 1929 : 00.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1.20 : 77.7 6'.9 69.2 85.0 191 4. 43.4 48.7 60.8 1 2, : 7.9 .6 31.6 55.0 193 : 68. 45.9 22.7 48.9 1:34 : 32.2 36.9 26.3 47.1 195 : 76. 64.7 33.1 46.0 1'2 : 93.8 65.5 35. 47.0 1937 J.n. 11.2 70.5 41.6 48.2 Index nuim bers are based on yearly avera-"es of monthly prices per found . Items as follows: Wool, strictly com:bin- fine stable territory, 3oston market; Cotton, Middling 7/8 inch, rverfce at 10 markets; Silk, Japanese silk double- extra 13-15; 78 percent white, at 1Tew York; Rayon yarn, domestic first quality 150A denier. FOfEIGN SITUATION Wool Sales and Prices London auctions The second series of 1937 wool auctions at London opened on ,March 2. Prices for merino wools at the opening of the series were unchanged as compared with the closing prices of the previous series on January 27, but prices of most greasy crossbred wools and sliced wools were slightly lower than at the January close, according: to a report from C. C. Taylor, ACiricultural Attache at London. Prices of Jevw Zealann scoured crossbred wools were 5 percent higher than on January 27, and lanb s wool crossbreds were unchanged. See table 1 of Statistical Sunplcr.ient for quotations on s-ecified -randes. En-land was the nrincipoal buyer at the opening of the series. A,.erican buyers -were not o--eratin-, but some Dutch, Belgian, and French orders were reported. Approximately 75,250 bales "c re available for this series, including 28,000 b los fr-. Australia an- Tasmania, 35,450 bales from New Zealand, .nd 11,000 balcs frcin South A.i rica. - 6 - TW00 L-3 Southern Hemisphere sales Wool prices at the Southern Hemisphere sales in the latter part of January and in Februaryvere irregular and slightly lower. The irregularity in prices in Australia and South Africa apparently was due in part to the spasmodic purchasing by Japanese buyers in those countries. Japanese imports from Australia have been placed on a quota basis and are regulated by the Wool Import Control Association of Japan. The current wool selling season is expected to close somewhat early in most Southern Hemisphere countries. Most available wool has already been disposed of in Argentina and Uruguay. The average price of all greasy wool sold in Australian selling centers in January was 31.6 cents a pound (current rate of exchange) compared with 28 cents in December and 25.2 cents in January 1936. For the third week in February the average price of greasy wool at the Sydney sales was 29.6 cents a pound. Manufacturing Activity in Importing Countries The monthly index of wool top production for the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Poland, and Hungary was 105 in December (1935 100) compared with 98 in November 1936 and December 1935 according to statistics published in "Wool Intelligence Notes", England. The average monthly production in 1936 was slightly below that of 1935. Wool manufacturing activity continued relatively satisfactory in most countries during January. Supplies of Wool in Importing Countries Imports of wool into the principal importing countries increased sharply in recent months as the Southern Hemisphere selling season advanced. Wool stocks, however, are still relatively low in ..ost countries. See table 5 Apparent Supplies in Southern Hemisphere Countries,February 1,1937 As the 1936-37 wool selling season advances, it becomes apparent that supplies in Southern Hemisphere countries still to come forward are materiallyl1 below a year ago. It is estimated that on February 1, 1937, apparent supplies were about 9 percent smaller than on the same date of last year, and 10 percent below the average for that date of the 5 years 1931-35. Whereas total supplies available for disposal during the entire season in these countries are estimated to be about 3 percent smaller than inihe preceding season principally because of a smaller carry-over, exports so far this season have exceeded those of a year ago by 6 percent. 1/ Carry-over plus estimated production minus exports from beginning of season to January 31. No deduction made for relatively small quantities consumed locally nor for wool sold but not yet exported. -7- .LuOL-3 EARTY FRODU;TIOMC 2;C3?:CTS FOR 1937 Northern Hemisphere.- Interest is now centering in the 1937 spring wool clip in the Northern Hemisphere. Such information as is available at present on sheep numbers and condition indicate not much change in the 1937 shorn wool clip in the United States, with probably some increase in production in England and 'iales and in Germany. Increases of 2 percent and 10 percent, respectively, in end-of-year sheep numbers in England and "'ales .and in Germany indicate some increase in wool production in ti.ese countries in 1937. Wool production in Digland and .-.ales declined from 90,000,000 pounds in 1933 to only 78,000,000 pounds in 1936 following a corresponding decrease in sheep numbers. In Germany, on the contrary, indications are that wool production will continue the increase begun in 1935. In that country it increased from approximately 30,000,000 pounds in 1934 to 34,500,000 in 1936. Southern Hemisphre.- Seasonal prospects are now shaping up well in the important wool producing countries of the Southern Hemisphere. Late summer (December January) rains in most of the inmortant wool producing countries of the Southern Hlrkiisphere has benefited pastures and ensured a fairly good growth of ,rass for the late fall and early winter months (March-June), even in those parts which suffered most severely from the summer drought. Green feed in most instances is already available. There have been no reJorts of prolonged drought in any country. Conditions in mid-January were report d as good over the major portion of Australia. The summer had been rather dry, in partsof lueensland and New South '..ales, November being an unusually dry month. In December and January, however, rains benefited pastures materially and prospects are now good for fall and winter -eed. In New Zealand an abundance of feed is reported from almost all districts. In the Union of South Ifrica rainfall has been fairly general and pastures have benefited accordingly. The condition of sheep is reported as satisfactory. World Production in 193.6 It is now estimated that world production in 1936, exclusive of Russia and China, was 3,412,000,000 pounds, an increase of 1 percent as cor.ipired with 1935. This estimate is based on statistics for 30 countries which produced over four-fifths of the world production in 1935. Production in six Southern Hemisphere countries amounted to 2,046,O 0,000 pounds and was approximately the same as in 1935 but larger than in 1934. In 2, Northern Hemisphere countries production is estimated at 932,000,000 pounds, an increase of 2 percent above 1935. The increase in Northern Hemisphere countries were principally in the countries of Central and Southeastern Europe and in the coarse wool producing countries of the Hear East -8- WOOL-3 World production of wool, excluding and including Russia and China, 1930-36 1/ : Total : : China__: Total :excluding : : Estimated : : including Year :Russia and: Russia :production : Exports : Russia and :China 2/ : : 3/ : 4/ : China 2/ million Million Million Million Million : pc fundss pounds pound s rund s pounds 1930.....: 3,318 306 78 26 3,702 1931 .....: 3,413 5/ 212 78 32 3,703 1932.....: 3,474 5/ 142 78 5 3,694 1933.-...- 3,401 141 78 30 3,620 1934.....: 3,347 135 78 32 3,560 1935.....: 3,387 5/ 167 78 44 3,632 1936.....:6/ 3,412 5/ 200 78 3,690 1/ Revision of estimates published in World "7ool Prospects, November 1936, p. 21. 2/ Subject to revision at any time that a revised or better series becomes available for any country. Includes revised estimates for Argentina and Turkey. 3/ Unofficial estimate of production based on sheep numbers in 1933. l/ Exports are not a reliable index of production owing to the unsettled condition in China. 5/ Estimates based on sheep numbers and average yield as derived from official estimates. 6/ Estimate based on production in 90 countries supplying more than four-fifths of the world production, exclusive of Russia and China. -9- OOL-3 STATI STICAL SUPPLErMEIT Table l.-4ool prices per poun-d in specified markets, selected periods Market and :Ave rage: description : 1235 : : : ts Boston: Terr. combing scoured basis : 64s, 70s, C's (fine) ....... : 74.3 56s, ( ,/8 -lo.d) ........... : 63.6 46, (.c 1' bl ood) ....... : 51.-= Farm -orict (1,.th of month) : -r,-Je. b-.sis ...............: 19.4 London: I/ Av. quality clean cost / : 70s .........................: 47.5 56s ........................ : 29.- 46s ................. 18.6 Bradfo r _.:/ : Scour i. b:.;j.s- 64s n: o ...................: 47.7 5Y 's '.-"p .. .................: 23.2 Aus t rli--.: : Aver-A -,- rice: ,.t all selling : centers, 4r/e:Tsv ....: Syine'(DcI 'i '-re- Br ri, ior ,)-, / : Clera r or. si 7:s *;'"'p ...... : Union of Sc':' Afrir-: : Avrr:,e :-port p ric ,rrv ca : wo l ........... ........ : Price -.. lirg cri:'t rs C : s r ................. ........ .: Argent i n: : Buenos Aires rmarket- Buenos Aires, South and Southeast, greas:,' coarse cro:sored 7/ ............... UTruguay:7 : Montevi.e i m :.rket- Fine crossbr:d, grcasy,' 50s.-5.s to :Os / ... ...... Average: Jan. 1936 : 133G : en ts C et ts 92.0 8C.1 80.4 77.7 65.9 G0.6 Dec. : Jon. : Feb. 1926 : Cents 106.8 94.7 79.2 1c37 : Cents 114.0 98.8 82.1 9/23.9 58.4 35.1 25.8 59.3 29.7 55.6 33.5 21.7 61.3 q2.9 .3.7 .5.3 Ci7.5 27.1 40.9 64.4 49.5 39.3 69.5 44.9 1937 Cents 114.0 99.8 83.2 31.6 63.7 48.4 38.7 10/ 60.1 10/ 38.7 25.2 28.0 31.6 60.9 C7.4 73.9 21.3 24.8 23.3 57.6 69.4 69.7 12.9 20.9 28.3 38.8 40.8 Foreign prices have been converted at p:evailing rates of exch:.nce. 1/ Average of quotations for each series of London sales as reported by the London office of the Buicr.u of Agricultural Ehc.norics. For months when no sales were held, figures are interpolations of nearest actual prices. 2/ Top and noil in oil. 3/ Quotations reported about the 25th of the month by the London office of the Bureau of Agriculturl Economics. 4/ National Council of Wool Selling Brokers. 5/ 7ool Record and Textile World, Bradford. 6/ South African Ministry for Agriculture. 7/ Monthly average of weekly range quoted in Revista Quincenr.l de Precios published by Salaberry, Bercetche & Cia., B. A. 8/ Average of maximum and minimum prices for last of month. Furnished by American Consul A. W. Ferrin. 9/ Preliminary. 10/ New series. ~ ~~ ~ - IC - 24.1 30.1 31.3 WVOOL-3 Table 2.-Mill consumption of -ool in the United States by 3,rade and origin, scoured basis, 1935 and 1936 : 1935 Item : roes-: : :Percent: Doms-: : :Percent i T l tic :Foreig: Total :domestic tic :Foreign: Total :domestic :Million Million Million Miillion MIillion iiliion :pounds pounds pounds Percent pounds pounds pounds Percent Apparel class : 64s,70s,80s ...: 112.3 58s, 60s ......: 44.9 56s .......... : 66.5 48s, 50s ......: 46.2 46s ...........: 6.6 36s,40s,44s ...: 3.2 Total aroarel.: 279.7 Carpet class : (all foreign) : 3.4 1.8 3.5 4.5 2.2 3.9 24.3 98.5 115.7 46.7 70.0 50.7 8.9 12.0 304.0 98.5 97.1 89.3 96.2 34.3 94.9 48.3 91.1 33.5 74.8 ) 26.2 ) 92.0 .212.8 12.8 5.2 11.2 11.0 25.4 65.6 102.1 39.4 59.6 44.5 32.8 278.4 87.5 86.9 81.1 75.2 22.5 76.4 --. 106.1 106.1 Compiled from Raw Wool Consumption Reports, Bureau of the Census. Table 3.-jachin-ery activity in the woolen and worsted industry, United States, October-December 1935 and 1936 S: Spindles Looms Year and : Combs : : : Broad : Narrow : month : : Woolen : W'orstd : / : 2/ Carpet :1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1, 000 : hours hours hours hours hours hours Weekly average machine and spindle hours reported 1935 3/ Oct. .....: 160 98,599 88,166 1,815 168 201 Nov. .....: 162 96,242 90,522 1,926 161 200 Dec. .....: 136 88,243 77,178 1,978 153 165 Year ...: 144 90,292 81,764 1,839 136 194 1936 3/ Oct. .....: 124 87,175 82,200 1,623 176 247 Nov. ....: 140 93,107 91,566 1,842 163 238 Dec. .....: 163 107,862 105,387 2,171 196 248 Year ....: 126 89,322 75,283 1,761 160 202 : Percenta:e of .rxinun single shift, new basis 4/ : Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent Percent 1935 5/ ....: 135.1 117.9 87.8 103.0 39.9 64.5 1936 5/ ...: 121.5 118.0 83.6 99.0 51.7 68.5 Compiled from Jool :.achin-ry Activity Reports issued by the Bureau of the Census. 1/ Woolenaad worsted loo:-.s wider than 50" reed space. 2/ ;Joolen amnd worsted looms with 50" reel space or less. 3/ The first month in each quarter of 1936 is a 5-week period, and the 2 following months are 4-week periods. In 1935 the first 2 months of each quarter are 4-week periods and the final month is a 5-week period. 4/ Total machines times hours which they could have been operated on a single shift of 40 hours per week. 5/ .7einhted average. - 11 - : 1936 -- I- JOOL-3 Table 4.- Wool irmorts into countries, s-ecified periodss Country and item 1933 1?34 J5r.-2rc. 135 : 1936 : million n : pounds million n United States Imports I/ Appaerel wool ..: Carpet wool ...: United Kinrdorn ImI orts .........: itee-, 'orts ....... : Imnort balance .. G-e n .ar;- Imports ......... : :reexrorts .......: Import ':"lance ..: Janar.n I:nports / .....: Frn-ce : Imnorts, shorn : On skins (wvool : equivalent) 3/: E--,:rts .......... I:.rort balance ,.: 3elium : ITports ...... : r-:.-" rts ......... Import balance ..: 35.6 115.4 952.0 360.1 591.9 347. 3 12.5 335.1 238.8 534.3 64.1 51.4 547.0 213.3 73.6 73.6 " 1. 39.I 26 ? 1i9.7 42. 0 1C.3.5 1:7..:. 5 .K),J 'I. 31.?. 9.,j ; 33 1.2 1-31.E 45.9 324.7 1 74. 6 99.6 65.0 42.0 110.7 158.5 143.3 9364.1 914.2 2c3.2 276.7 5-.. 637.5 J n. Io:v. 224.1 216.9 .0 0.7 261.1 216.2 211 .2 50. 5 47.2 i 3E. , 117.6 45.9 41.4 359.7 214.6 1i'6.5 321.6 40.3 57.9 304.0 209. 5 91.5 113.0 Cor:-iled from official sources r-;r: fr:,; ":::1 I.-teili ence ITotes" -bJlished by the Inmerial Econonic Co.--:ittee of t'-. Unitcl Kirn-c.o-. j Imports for consi Onmtion. Anprrel ':"le ":nt finer t-.?n -*0s" rre inclu-ed with alparel wool for all years. In- statistics -u'.blis'-.c~. L the De- rt-.ent of Cor.-ierce front 1930 to 135, s.'ch .'ools :.ere inclu.de. :--it.h c-rIet. wools. SEstinated -t 4/9 of wei-ht of v'ooled osir.. iii M i1ii~n TO.L Million -,3un.ds ~ ~ _~ _ - 12 - l,'Zc Lr U~ 7COL-3 13 - Table 5. Stocks of raw wool E.7i wool tops in specified foreign impcrtinf countries at the end of each month, 1935 and 1936 Iten, ad :: : : : Jul year :Jan :Fb. ; ar. :Apr. :May :Jurne:July:Aug. :S- pt.: r)ct. :Nov. :Dec. (In Ra- wool: Japan 'hses. 1/ 1935 ............. : 1936 ............ : United Kingdom Public -hses. at chief norts 1935 .......... : 1936 ............ : Yorkshire Depots 2/: 1935 ............ 1936 ............: Wool tops at cr.ting : establishment / : France 1935 ............: 1936 ............: Germany 1935 ........ ....: 1936 ............: Belgium 1935 ............: 1936 ............: 44 46 52 57 - 86 - 55 - 47 - 54 30 30 27 27 millions of pounds) 41 441 4go 50 71 82 84 86 - 76 63 80 28 29 28 28 13 12 4 4 - gn 60 68 - 92 92 89 28 30 29 27 55 56 76 62 41 31 50 38 - 75 83 74 37 44 30 24 - 43 49 47 25 26 17 17 32 33 28 27 12 11 11 11 4 4 4 14 10 8 4 3 - - Compiled as follows Japan: "7ool Intelligence Notes", England, quoting reports of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry; United "in:lom: "Tool Intelligence Notes"; France, German'. and Belgium: "Teekly 7ool Chart",Bradford. 1/ Manufacturers' sto oks are not included. 2/ Stocks at railway and canal depots in Yorkshire are believed to indicate rcu,-ly the trend of stocks in the hands of manufacturers. 31 These statistics are for -commission combers only but are believed to be repre- sentative of the mrn,-ment of total. tock. in ontries reported. TOOL-3 Tn'le 6.- Estimated production of wool in specified countries, average 1926-30, nn'a- 11 72-36 :Averape: : 1926- : : 30 : 1932 millionn million : -ounds nouns 1973 : 1934 : 1935 : 1936 : : : I/ millionn millionn millionn Is million o'jnds rounds -Dounis pounds Southern Hem:isnhere Australia ... ................. Io- Zealand _/ 4/ ........... Chile ........................ : Brazil ....................... : Argentina 6/ .... ........ Urug;uay / ................... British South Africa 8/ ...... Total of 6 countries report- in- to 1936 ....... ..... :1 o.rthicrn He-iis'here '-Trti A.iericic : United States 9/ Shorn...................... Pulled 10/ ... .......... . Total ............. Canada ...................... Total 2 countries re-orting : to 1936 .................. : Mexico 11/ ............... : Zurote: United Kinrldomx (England and Wales, Scotland, and North- : ern Ireland)............... : Irish Free State ........... : T:,rvay .................. . Fr-ince ..................... Spain 1 / .................. Italy 12j ................ Germany .................. Czechoslovakia I1 ....... : Hun Eiry ................... : Yu:oslavia / ......... Greece ..................... : 3ulcaria 5/ .............. : Ruiania 11 ............. : Island 5/ ................ Estonia .................... Latvia .................. : Lith Lar.!ia ................... : Total 17 E'uro'pean countries: re-ortin- to 1936 ........: 926.4 6.7 26.1 327. 1 140.1 294.1 1,062.6 5/ 25.9C 33.7 364. 0 7/ 110.2 31.. 4 995.9 300.5 3/ 25.7 35.3 364. 0 7/104. 7 275.2 1,.175.4 275. 9 / 28.7 35.4 364.0 7119.0 210.0 991.7 316.5 25.4 359.0 113.0 227.8 2/983.0 295.0 3/ 22.8 7/373.0 -7/112.4 262.2 ,930.7 2,170.5 2,066.0 2,013.0 2,C043.4 2,048.4 310.7 351. 0 374.2 370.3 364.7 360.3 53.6 67.1 64.2 60.5 66.0 66.2 364. ; 10 5" 383.8 6.3 112.4 18.0 5.6 46.5 73.7 53.3 34.8 3.7 12.2 28.3 14.0 22.7 66.9 9.5 1.8 3.5 3.8 370.1 41. .1 438.6 (9.0) 118.5 19.6 5.7 43.2 5/70.0 40.0 5/30.8 2.3 10.8 30.5 14.9 20.0 62.7 9.5 1.7 3.6 3.8 43 8.4 19.0 457.7 (9.6) 119.9 19.6 5 5.8 43.0 67.6 39.0 30.0 2.0 5/10.5 30.8 16.0 21.9 61.5 9.6 2.2 4.1 3.8 430.8 19.5 4510. 3 10. 3 112.3 17.0 6.0 42.3 (63.0) 38.1 5/29. 3 2. 1 5/10.8 31.1 16.7 g3.21 68.0 9.6 2.1 4. 6 3.8 -1 6~ 430.7 12.4 450.1 (10.3) 426.5 5/ 19.3 445.8 -, 135.6 106.7 16.5 _/16.7 5.7 5/ 5.9 5/41.0 541.0 71.0 37.5 5/36.3 J:30.7 5/34.5 2.2 2.4 /12.2 5 /14.3 32.1 33.3 17.3 18.0 23. 3 24.6 59.1 -- 10.4 11.2 2.0 5/ 2.0 5/ .9 4.9 3. 2.8 354.9 358.2 349.5 343.7 355.6 3 5 C'.2 '149. _ Continued - Con.-ntry ............ ------- S .... .5 3.8 - - 370.1 - 14 - 15 - Table 6.-Estimated production of wool in specified countries, average 1926-30, annual 1932-36 Cont'd Country :Average: : 1926- : 1932 : 30 :Million :pounds Africa and Asia: Morocco .....................: 22.2 Al eri ....... .............. : 41.9 Tunis .......................: 4.0 Turkey 13/ ..................: 31.3 Iraq 14 .................... 18.6 Syria 14/ ...................: 13.6 Total 5 countries of Africa and Asia reporting : to 1936 .. ......... ......: 109.4 Total 24 Northern Hemi- .'i:re countries report- : ing to 1936 .............. 863.3 Total 30 Northern and Southern Hemisphere coun- tries reporting to 1936 ..:2,844.0 Estimated world total, excl.Russia and China 15/.:3,243.0 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ................: 363.0 China 18/ ....................: 78.0 Estimated total including' : Russia and China 15/ ......:3,684.0 Million rounds 5/ 5/ 19.6 39.3 4.4 24.7 18.7 10.0 : 1933 :* 1Million pounds 22.3 39.3 5.2 34.3 16.3 8.5 : 1934 : 1935 : 1936 : : : I/ 1/ Million pounds 22.0 41.2 5.5 30.9 17.7 13.3 Million Million pounds pounds 26.0 43.6 5.5 35.3 18.5 (13.3) 97.1 103.6 108.6 116.2 131.0 890.6 919.5 908.4 915.0 932.4 3,061.1 2,c85.5 2,921.4 2,958.4 2,980.8 16/ 3,474.0 3,401.0 3,347.0 3,387.0 3,412.0 17/ 17 17/ 142.0 141.0 135.0 167.0 200.0 78.0 78.0 78.0 78.0 78.0 3,694.0 3,620.0 3,560.0 3,632.0 3,690.0 47.9 5.5 42.0 21.5 14.1 This table includes wool shorn during the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere and that shorn during the season beginning July 1 or October 1 of the given calendar year in the Southern Hemisphere, the bulk being shorn during the last 6 months of the given calendar year. Pulled wool is included in the total for most important countries at its Lgrease equivalent. Figures in parenthesis are interpolated or carried forward. See World Wool Prospects, November 1936, for table showing all countries, and current monthly issues of the Wool Situation for latest estimates. I/ Preliminary. Subject to revision. 2/ Preshearing estimate of Australian wool brokers and growers converted to pounds, grease equivalent. 3/ Estimates based on exports alone, or exports, stocks, and domestic consumption and any other available information. 4/ Years 1926 and 1936 supplied by the Imperial Economic Committee. Years 1927- 28 to 1935-36, Official Yearbook of New Zealand 1936 and Monthly Abstract of New Zealand Statistics, August 1936. Continued - WOCL-3 ~-------~ " WOOL-3 Table 6.-Estimated production of wool in specified countries, average 1926-30, annual 1932-36 Cont'd NOTES, CO IT'D 5/ Estimates based on sheep numbers at date nearest searing and other avail- able data. 6/ Estimates of Argentina Ministry of Agriculture. Subject to revision. 7/ Estimates supplies by U. S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Attache' in Argentina. 8/ Revised estimates furnished by-Union of South Africa, division of Economics and Markets. Includes production in Basutoland, Southern Rhodesia, and South- west Africa. 9/ Revised estimates of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 10/ Published as reported by pulleries and is mostly washed. 11/ Revisions based on recent census figures of wool production or of sheep numbers. 12/ Revised estimates based on estimates published in Prospettive Economiche for 1930 and 1935. Intervening years based on information contained in same source as to trend in sheep numbers in past 5 year-. 13/ Estimates recently published by the Banque Centrale de la Turquie. These estimates supersede those published formerly which were based on exports. 14/ Unofficial estimates based on information furnisned by United States Government representative. 15/ Totals subject to revision. Few countries publish official estimates of wool production. In the absence of official figures for many countries, various estiar.tes have been used. Some have been furnished by United States Government representatives abroad and others have been based on reports of sheep numbers, average fleece weights, and any- other available data. For some principal exporting countries the figures are seasonal exports alone, or estimai'es derived from exports, carry-over, and domestic consumption. In the case of most Asiatic countries the figures are rough commercial estimates. 16/ Estinate based on production in 531 countries as compared with 1935. 17 -stimate based on sheep numbers and average yield as derived from official estimates for recent years. 18/ Unofficial estimates based on sheep number- in 1933. Owing to unsettled conditions in recent years exports of sheep's wool not reliable index of production. - 1t - WOOL-3 Table 7.- Numbers of sheep in principal exporting and importing countries, averages 1909-13, 1921-25, 1526-30, annual 1931-37 Exporting countries stralia : :Union of South :Argen- : Australia : New :Africa,AuA. 31 :tina Period Zealand t i.n. a erioTotal, New Zealand ; :total :Uruguay: Total Jan. 1 :South : Apr. :Total :Wooled :June 1/ :Wales : 30 : nly :30, millionss a millions MillionsMillionsMillions i llionsf.illieonsMillions Averages, 1909-13 1921-25 . 1926-30"*': 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 . ... ... ..: ....... "e..: ,. S .* * 90.7 85.6 103.3 ii0.6 110.6 112.9 109.9 113.0 112.5 3/47.1 3/44.3 3/51.7 6/53.0 6/53.7 6/52.1 6./53.3 56.0 24.0 23.4 27.5 29.8 28.7 27.8 28.6 29.0 30.7 32.6 43.3 7/51. o 7/50.6 7/47.3 35.2 36.0 25.8 27.8 38.9 7/46.5 7/45.4 7/42.6 7/30.4 30.3 2/43.2 i/36.2 1/44.4 26.3 14.4 5/20.6 214.9 177.8 239.1 15.4 39.3 38.0 --- 30.0 Importing countries :United States : United Jan. 1 .. Kingdom : France :Germany : : : Stock and Irish :Jan. 1 :Jan. 1 :Canada : Total :Total : sheep :Free State : : : only : June : / : / : :Millions Millions Millions Millions Millions Millions Millions Averages, 1909-13....: 1921-25.... ; 1926-30....: 1931..........: 1932.......... : 1933 .......... : 1934.......... : 1935........ : 1936.......... : 1937.......... : 43.2 37.8 45.6 53.2 54.0 53.1 53.7 52.2 52.0 52.6 40.7 47.7 47.8 47.3 48.5 46.6 46.4 47.2 29.2 24.5 27.9 30.0 30.8 30.2 23.0 28.2 20.2 9/ 16.2 9.6 10.6 10.2 9.6 9.0 9.7 9.6 9.6 5.0 5.9 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 / 3.9 8/ 4.3 2.3 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 95.9 81.o 91.5 100.5 101.7 99.9 98.2 96.9 97,1 Compiled from official sources and the International Institute of Agriculture inldss otherwise stated. l/ Estimates as of December have been considered as of January 1 following year. 2/ Census June 1914. 3/ June 30 following. i/Census December 19: 5/ Census. 6/ March 31 year following. 7/ Estimr:Ates based on South African Department of Agriculture re' orts of changes in sheep numbers in June adjusted to a census basis as of August. 8/ Includes the Saar where there were 5,154 sheep in 1936. 9/ :Ijur.ber in England and I."ales on December 1936 were estimated at 12,912,000 compared with 12,662,000 on the same date of 1935. -17- UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA SIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIllll11 IIII l IIIIIIIIIIIIN 3 1262 08861 5421 ,1 |
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