MQ315B Socks Production

CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS
2008

MQ315B — FINISHED SOCKS
DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. Scope of survey

please estimate the quantity and value of the
imported socks and exclude them from this report.

This survey covers the quantity produced and the
value shipped of finished socks made in the
United States. Sheer hosiery and socks shipped
in the greige state are not within the scope of the
survey.

Resales
Products bought and resold without further
manufacture should not be included.

2. Who should report

4. Definitions

Establishments knitting or knitting and finishing
socks in the United States from materials they
own.

a. Sizes
Men’s and boys’ - Include sock sizes designed for
men and boys.

Establishments manufacturing and finishing socks
for the State or Federal Government from their
materials or from government-furnished materials.
Operations solely involved in contracting (knitting
or finishing socks from materials owned by other
companies), wholesaling, or importing should
indicate the nature of their business in Part IV and
return the form.
3. Figures to be reported
This report requires the reporting of quantities of
manufactured and finished socks produced (in
dozen pairs), shipments value (in thousands of
U.S. dollars), and fabric type (in dozen pairs), for
three possible categories.
a. Shipments
The value represents the net sales price f.o.b.
plant, to the customer or branch to which the
products are shipped, net of discounts,
allowances, freight charges, and returns.
Shipments to your own branches should be
assigned the same value as comparable sales to
unaffiliated customers, i. e., the value includes an
appropriate allocation of company overhead and
profit.
b. Imported socks

Women’s and Girls’ - Include sock sizes designed
for women and girls.
Infants’- Include socks designed for babies up to
24 months old.
b. Fabric classification
Fabrics made from more than one fiber are
classified according to whether the fabric is chiefly
cotton, wool, or manmade fiber by weight. As
examples, a fabric which is 55 percent cotton and
45 percent rayon should be classified as cotton; a
fabric which is 40 percent cotton, 30 percent
rayon, and 30 percent acetate should be classified
as manmade.
Blends and mixtures which are by weight 50
percent manmade fiber and 50 percent natural fiber
should be classified in the manmade category. For
example, a fabric which is 50 percent polyester
and 50 percent cotton should be classified as
polyester.
c. Socks, other than sheer
Finished socks - Include booties/footies, anklets,
cuffed socks, mid-calf, crew, knee highs, and
athletic. Do not include sheer hosiery, surgical or
therapeutic stockings, or socks shipped in the
greige state.

Exclude finished socks which you imported. If
records are not kept separately on the shipments
of imported-versus domestically-finished socks,
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CURRENT INDUSTRIAL REPORTS
REFERENCE LIST
FORM

MQ315B

Item
code

FINISHED SOCKS
Item description

{Report quantity in dozen pairs; value in thousands of U.S. dollars}

9010
9011
9013
9015
9016
9017

9020
9021
9023
9025
9026
9027

9030
9031
9033
9035
9036
9037

Men’s and boys’ finished socks, other than sheer
Quantity produced (dozen pairs)
Value of shipments ($1,000's)
Of total quantity produced, how many were:
All cotton or chiefly cotton (dozen pairs)
All manmade or chiefly manmade (dozen pairs)
All wool or chiefly wool (dozen pairs)
All other fabric (dozen pairs)
Women’s and girls’ finished socks, other than sheer
Quantity produced (dozen pairs)
Value of shipments ($1,000's)
Of total quantity produced, how many were:
All cotton or chiefly cotton (dozen pairs)
All manmade or chiefly manmade (dozen pairs)
All wool or chiefly wool (dozen pairs)
All other fabric (dozen pairs)
Infants’ finished socks and booties, other than sheer
Quantity produced (dozen pairs)
Value of shipments ($1,000's)
Of total quantity produced, how many were:
All cotton or chiefly cotton (dozen pairs)
All manmade or chiefly manmade (dozen pairs)
All wool or chiefly wool (dozen pairs)
All other fabric (dozen pairs)

Notes:

11/26/07
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