Spinning and doubling of cotton and man-made fibres in the UK
TABLE 4
Average hours worked:
Yarn Production ('000 metric tons)
Companies
Production
units
Employment: number at
work
Spindles in place (nillion)
per spindle per spindle
in place
running
Wholly of cotton and/or cotton waste
Other
Output per (e)
Total
head
1968 100)
Number in October
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Annual average
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Annual total
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Cotton-systen spinning
1968
63
132
33 950
3.75. (a)
3 050
3 390
137.9
63.7
201.6
100
1969
1970
1971
1972
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60
125
33 380
3.56 (a)
3 410 (b)
3 720 (b)
132.6 (b)
69.7 (b)
202.3 (b)
102
56
119
32 600
3.43 (a)
3 550
3 810
125.8
74.0
199.8
105
46
115
27 740
3.27 (a)
3 310
3 730
106.3
79.9
186.2
107
41
100
25 440
2.75 (a)
3 610
3 930
98.0
77.9
175.8
116
123 (f)
Waste spinning
1968
1969
1970
44
1971
1972 (c)
24428
49
67
4 660
.423
2 240
2 430
33.3
3.7
37.0
46
63
4 600
.392
2 340 (b)
2 510 (b)
33.6 (b)
3.5 (b)
42
38
47
=S
37.1 (b)
62
4 550
.396
2 250
2 420
32.8
3.4
36.2
56
3 840
.345
2 040
2 240
26.7
3.3
30.0
3 280
.270
2 130
2 280
23.4
3.9
27.2
Doubling
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 (c)
65826
87
122
8 660
.823
2 370
2 880
49.9
52.0
101.8
119
8 510
.768
2 530 (b)
3 150 (b)
46.8 (b)
60.9 (b)
107.7 (b)
80
112
7 570
.723
2 450
3 070
43.2
57.3
100.5
71
103
6 130
.638
2 150
3 020
(36.9)(a)
(48.0) (a)
84.9
90
5 790
.555
2 330
3 120
(30.3)(a)
(45.0)(a)
75.3
(b) 53 weeks
(a) Ring-equivalents
(c) Not completely comparable with figures
for previous years.
(f) 1st half 1973
(a)
The breakdown by fibre is partly estimated.
(e)
Adjusted to take into account changes in average counts