M311M Animal & Vegetable Fats and Oil (Consumption & Stocks)

CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS SERIES
2008

M311M — ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS
(CONSUMPTION AND STOCKS)
DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. Scope of survey
This survey covers establishments consuming fats
and oils in the production of inedible products.

Note — If storing large quantities of fats and oils
(in excess of 50,000 lbs.) at locations other than
this plant site, please enter the name of the
w arehouse or other site at w hich the stocks are
held in the “ Remarks” section of the report form.

2. Figures to be reported
Companies w ith more than one establishment
consuming the products covered by this survey
are requested to complete a separate report form
for each location. If you have not received a
separate form for each of your establishments,
please call the contact show n on the report form
or w rite to the U.S. Census Bureau for additional
forms.
If you also produce or refine fats and oils, you
should complete Form M311N, “ Monthly Report
of Producers and Consumers” , rather than this
form. Please notify us if you are a producer as
w ell as a consumer, and w e w ill send you the
correct report form.

Soap manufacturers
Report —
Consumption of fats and oils directly in soap
Note — This report considers the product ion of
glycerin by soap manufacturing processes as a
secondary product . If you produce glycerin, you
should report on Form M311N rather than this
form.
Do not report —
Consumption of fats and oils in fatty acids if
fat splitting operations are merely the first
step in the production of soap at this
establishment.

Stocks — Report stocks as of the last day of the
reporting month.
Include —

If this company also produces crude
vegetable oils, it is required to file a report on
Form M311J, Oilseeds, Beans, and Nuts,
Monthly Report of Primary Processors. If you
are not receiving Form M311J each month for
your crude oil mill operations, please notify us
and we will send you the necessary report
forms.

All stocks physically located at this plant site
w hether for your ow n account or for the
account of others, including government
agencies, etc.
Any stocks w hich are in transit to this
establishment on the last day of the reporting
month.
Exclude —
Quantities owned but stored elsewhere such as
public or private warehouses not located at the
processing location. These stocks should be
reported for each location on Census Form
M311H, "Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils
(Warehouse Stocks)." If you are not filing a
Form M311H for such locations, please notify
us and we will send you the necessary report
forms.

3. Unit of Measure
Report all quantities in thousands of pounds.
4. Definitions
The product detail for this survey, as show n in
the Reference List, is defined according to
standard nomenclature for this industry.

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For each f at or oil cont ained in Ref erence List A , report t ot al st ock s at t he end of each m ont h, t ot al consum pt ion during
t he m ont h, and consum pt ion int o eac h of t he product s in Ref erence List B. Com bine t he it em codes f rom Ref erence
List s A and B so t hat t he f irst t w o digit s represent t he f at or oil, and the last tw o digits the stocks or end use.

Please review these reference lists each month in case you have any new fats or oils to report, or any new
end uses to report.
REFERENCE LIST A — FATS AND OILS USED
FORM

M311M
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS
(CONSUMPTION AND STOCKS)

Please report t ot al consum pt ion of eac h oil by end use and t ot al st ock s of each oil as of t he end of t he m ont h.
Ref ined oils (oils w hic h hav e been alk ali or caust ic w ashed) — Include hy drogenat ed oils and w int er st earin.
Crude oils (ex c ept linseed) and anim al and m arine f at s and oils — Include crude oils and anim al f at s and oils
w hich hav e been f urt her proc essed (blow n, sulphonat ed, saponif ied; pressed, et c.).

Product
code

Item
code
Prefix

3112231100

02

Cottonseed, crude

3112234100

07

Cottonseed, once-refined

311223H101

39

Peanut, crude

311223H102

41

Peanut, once-refined

3112218111

34

Corn, crude

3112218125

36

Corn, once-refined

3112221151

12

Soybean, crude (include degummed, blow n, boiled, heat treated, and acid

Item description

refined)
3112221231

15

Soybean, once-refined

311223H101

26

Coconut, crude

311223H102

28

Coconut, refined

311223H151

22

Linseed, raw and boiled

311223H102

24

Linseed, all other

311223H169

62

Safflow er, crude

311223H187

64

Safflow er, once refined

311223H196

54

Castor, crude No. 1 and No. 3 (include chemically dehydrated castor oil)

311223H152

31

Tung

311223H166

44

Palm, crude

311223H102

45

Palm, refined

311223H167

47

Palm kernel, crude

311223H185

49

Palm kernel, refined

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REFERENCE LIST — FATS AND OILS USED — Continued
FORM

M311M
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS
(CONSUMPTION AND STOCKS)

Please report t ot al consum pt ion of eac h oil by end use and t ot al st ock s of each oil as of t he end of t he m ont h.
Ref ined oils (oils w hic h hav e been alk ali or caust ic w ashed) — Include hy drogenat ed oils and w int er st earin.
Crude oils (ex c ept linseed) and anim al and m arine f at s and oils — Include crude oils and anim al f at s and oils
w hich hav e been f urt her proc essed (blow n, sulphonat ed, saponif ied; pressed, et c.).

Product
code

Item
code
Prefix

311223H168

56

Rapeseed (canola), crude

311223H186

57

Rapeseed (canola), refined

311223H101

51

Sunflow er, crude

311223H102

53

Sunflow er, once-refined

311611D131

71

Lard, including rendered pork fat (include lard stearin)

311611R131

72

Tallow , edible (include oleo stock and edible animal stearin)

3116132112

75

Tallow , inedible (including inedible animal stearin)

3116132132

89

Grease, yellow

3116132141

92

Grease, other (other than w ool grease)

3117124415

77

3116135271

59

Fish oil (except cod or liver oil) and marine mammal oil (except sperm) include
refined and hydrogenated
Vegetable foots, raw and acidulated (100% basis)

3251910125

86

Tall oil, crude

3251910235

87

311223H195

68

Tall oil, refined or distilled (containing less than 90% free fatty acid, excluding
rosin acids)
All other fats and oils materials (report single figure but list fats and oil

Item description

included)
NOTES

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REFERENCE LIST B
FORM

M311M
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS
(CONSUMPTION AND STOCKS)
SPECIFIED PRODUCTS OR PROCESSES USING FATS AND OILS

Item
code
suffix

Item to be reported

10

Stocks, end of month

XX

Total consumption
Consumption in specified products

23

Direct shipments to livestock and poultry feed mixers in the U. S. (exclude shipments to
reprocessors)

51

Soap

52

Paints and varnishes

53

Animal feeds (report only fats such as tallow added to feeds and not fat content of feed
ingredients)

54

Methyl esters

fat

Resins and plastics, including alkyd resins
55
56

Lubricants and similar oils — Specify: lubricants, grease, core oils, hydraulic brake fluid, metal
w orking and treatment, cutting oils, etc
Fatty acids

57
59

Other inedible product s (e.g., cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, printing ink, sulfonation and the
production of sebacic acid, hydrogenated castor oil, 12-hydroxy stearic acid, etc.)

NOTES

1/25/08

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