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397,360

394,973

393,925

396,215

404,521

394,700

421,270

411,968

404,143

398,914

397,776

388,689

392,519

387,419

370,829

'03

'04

'05

'06

'90

record in 2000, of 389,521,000 cwts. Yearto-year changes in flour-ex-semolina output have been erratic. While 2006 was up
1,891,000 from the preceding year, 2005 was
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from an increase of 20,680,000 cwts in 1983 down 2,831,000; 2004 was up 442,000; 2003
Bureau in support of the compilation of to the decrease of 16,749,000 cwts in 2001.
was up 4,235,000; 2002 was down 9,302,000,
these statistics.
Since the start of Census Bureau com- and 2001 dropped 17,930,000, or 4.6%.
Aggregate U.S. flour production in 2006 pilations in 1926, U.S. flour output has
Following the record flour-ex-semolina
was the seventh largest on record. The increased in 51 years and decreased in 28. output in 2000 at 389,521,000 cwts, the secproduction peak was in 2000 when mills For the entire period, production has ris- ond largest non-semolina output year was
turned out 421,270,000 cwts. This was fol- en at an annual average rate of 2,333,193 in 1999, at 385,882,000, followed by 1997 at
lowed by 1999 at 411,968,000, then 2001 cwts. The sharpest increase was 31 mil- 374,667,000 and 1998 at 371,858,000. Outat 404,521,000 and 1997 at 404,143,000. lion in 1945 to supply post-World War II put in 2001 was fifth at 371,591,000.
These four are the only years when out- relief shipments to war-ravaged nations.
The Census Bureau in 1998 discontinput surpassed 400 million cwts. The year As noted above, the largest decrease was ued the issuance of monthly production
1998 followed at 398,914,000, 1996 at 44,782,000 cwts in 1949 as these relief reports, which had been assembled since
shipments ended.
1926, in favor of quarterly data. This was
Production of the most important change in the compiFlour production
wheat flour in lations since 1981, when the Census Bu(1,000 cwts)
2006
included reau made major revisions in its monthly
durum semolina, and annual reports. Data on rate of grind,
which,
accord- average flour production per working
ing to the Cen- day and extraction were discontinued.
sus Bureau, was This prompted Milling & Baking News to
31,334,000 cwts. calculate these measures based on statisThis was up 1.6% tics provided by the Census Bureau.
from 30,838,000
At that same time, Milling & Baking News
cwts in 2005. The elected to base its computations of milling
'91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06
semolina increase operations and average production per
of 496,000 cwts working day on a six-day week, whereas
397,776,000, 2006 at 397,360,000, 2003 at was only a fraction of the 2,387,000 since 1950 the Census Bureau had based
396,215,000, 2005 at 394,973,000, 2002 at overall flour output gain although these compilations on a five-day week.
394,700,000 and 2004 at 393,925,000.
semolina alone had a larger percentage
Average quarterly production of flour
Showing the largest year-to-year gain increase between the two years.
in 2006 was 99,340,000 cwts, up from
since 2000, or in six years, the increase of
Flour-ex-semolina production in 98,743,000 in 2005. By quarters, output
2,387,000 cwts in 2006 production from 2006 was up 1,891,000 cwts, or 0.5%, to in 2006 ranged from 102,917,000 in July2005, based on quarterly flour output 366,026,000, compared with 364,135,000 in September to 96,370,000 in April-June,
estimates issued by the Census Bureau, 2005. It still was 0.3% less than 366,966,000 while the variation in 2005 was between
was more than twice the gain of 1,048,000 in 2004, the recent high. The current total 102,477,000 cwts in the third quarter and
in 2005. It contrasts with a decrease of also was 0.1% under 366,524,000 in 2003, 95,910,000 cwts in the first.
2,290,000 in 2004 from 2003. An increase but 1% above 362,289,000 in 2002. It was
Average monthly production of flour
of 1,515,000 occurred in 2003. The recent down 5,565,000, or 1.5%, from 371,591,000 in 2006 was 33,113,000 cwts, up from
increases were overshadowed by the drop in 2001 and 23,495,000, or 6%, below the 32,914,000 in 2005.
of 9,821,000 cwts in 2002
Average production
and 16,749,000 in 2001.
of flour per working day
Census Bureau compilation on quarterly production of flour,
The latter was the sharpin 2006 was computed
grind of wheat, millfeed output on six-day weekly basis
est yearly decrease since
at 1,299,000 cwts, up
Average
Per
1949, when production
from 1,287,000 in 2005.
Flour
Wheat
Daily
flour
Per
cent
plunged 44,782,000 cwts
The daily average comproduction, ground,
Millfeed, capacity, per work
cent extraction
with the halt of postpares with 1,279,000 in
cwts
bus
tons
cwts day, cwts operated rate
-(1,000)-(1,000)World War II relief ship2004, 1,291,000 in 2003,
ments to Europe.
1,285,000 in 2002 and
Oct-Dec-06 100,821
224,733
1,719,197
1,487
1,327
89.2% 74.8%
Prior to the 2003 gain,
1,318,000 in 2001. The
Jul-Sep-06
102,917
228,808
1,765,944
1,482
1,337
90.2% 75.0%
Apr-Jun-06
96,370
214,573
1,668,053
1,487
1,252
84.2% 74.9%
three successive years
record daily average was
Jan-Mar-06
97,252
215,942
1,669,558
1,488
1,280
86.0% 75.1%
of reduction in annual
1,372,000 cwts in 2000,
flour output marked
followed by 1,342,000
Oct-Dec-05 100,346
223,371
1,739,599
1,492
1,303
87.3% 74.9%
Jul-Sep-05
102,477
229,318
1,784,424
1,492
1,331
89.2% 74.5%
the first time this has
in 1999. These averages
Apr-Jun-05
96,240
216,495
1,648,397
1,494
1,250
83.7% 74.1%
happened since the colreflect a simple arithmeJan-Mar-05
95,910
214,917
1,653,888
1,493
1,262
84.5% 74.4%
lapse of post-war relief
tic average of the quarshipments in 1948-50.
terly computations. By
Oct-Dec-04
99,669
222,072
1,693,507
1,493
1,294
86.7% 74.8%
Jul-Sep-04
100,908
224,798
1,740,958
1,503
1,310
87.2% 74.8%
Starting with the pequarters, flour output
Apr-Jun-04
96,773
214,515
1,657,232
1,494
1,257
84.1% 75.2%
riod beginning in 1970,
per working day in 2006
Jan-Mar-04
96,575
214,662
1,672,096
1,494
1,254
84.0% 75.0%
flour production by U.S.
ranged from 1,337,000
Oct-Dec-03 100,502
224,186
1,712,025
1,512
1,305
86.3% 74.7%
mills has increased in 25
cwts in the third quarter
Jul-Sep-03
103,071
231,819
1,836,144
1,517
1,339
88.2% 74.1%
years and decreased in
to 1,252,000 in the secApr-Jun-03
96,767
217,371
1,744,647
1,503
1,257
83.6% 74.2%
12. In this same period,
ond, while the variation
Jan-Mar-03
95,875
215,812
1,736,555
1,507
1,262
83.7% 74.0%
annual changes ranged
in 2005 was between
362,311

354,348

Flour production in 2006 gains
0.6% to five-year peak

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