@article{Lowenstein:312616,
      recid = {312616},
      author = {Lowenstein, Frank and Wittmann, Charles H.},
      title = {Fibers Used in Textile Manufactures Entering United States  Foreign Trade:  Quantities of Three Major Fibers Used },
      address = {1961-07},
      number = {2393-2021-2184},
      series = {Marketing Research Report No. 491},
      pages = {38},
      year = {1961},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report Introduction:  During the past 41  years the pattern of United States foreign trade in  manufactures of basic textile fibers--cotton, wool, and  manmade--has changed considerably.  The total volume of  trade in these manufactures more than doubled in the  1920-60 period.  Exports of manufactures of cotton and wool  declined; exports of manufactures of manmade fibers  increased.  Imports for manufactures of all three major  fibers began to increase sharply shortly after the end of  World War II.  During the 41 years from 1920 through 1960,  the fiber equivalent of textile exports was larger than the  fiber equivalent of textile imports for every year except  1960, when imports exceeded exports by 58 million pounds.   This import excess was chiefly the result of the phenomenal  increases in imports of manufactured textile products.   These and other accurate overall measurements of this  country's foreign trade in textile manufactures, which are  presented in this publication, have been nonexistent until  recently.  It was necessary first to develop a way of  converting official foreign trade statistics into a common  measure.  To develop this common measure--pounds of  fiber--it was necessary in turn to determine conversion  factors for numerous products that are reported in official  foreign trade statistics in such diverse quantity units as  pounds, square yards, dozens, and value only.  The  technique for deriving conversion factors was developed  after several years of research and is explained in detail  in this report.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/312616},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.312616},
}