What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| registry/licensing/permits | National business registries, environmental permit authorities (EU IED/E-PRTR for larger installations), certification registries… | Per legal entity / per site / per certificate | public |
| financial filings | Company registries and stock exchanges (listed spinners in India, Pakistan, Turkey, Japan), credit bureaux (Bureau van Dijk Orbis, Dun &… | Per company, annual/quarterly | public |
| incident/safety/claims | National occupational safety regulators (OSHA, EU-OSHA/national inspectorates), industrial insurers, factory fire/dust-explosion… | Per incident / per establishment inspection | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | Agricultural agencies and meteorological services (USDA, ICAC), crop-forecast vendors, mill humidification/HVAC systems (indoor RH critical… | Seasonal per growing region; continuous per department for in-mill climate | public |
| waste & emissions | Environmental regulators (E-PRTR, national pollutant inventories), sustainability reporting frameworks (CDP, GRI/CSRD filings by listed… | Annual per facility | public |
| pricing | Commodity price reporting agencies (Cotlook, Emerging Textiles, PCI Wood Mackenzie), ICE/ZCE futures exchanges, national cotton/wool boards… | Daily to weekly per fibre grade / yarn count / origin | purchasable |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices and labour ministries, sector trade unions (IndustriALL), social audit bodies (SEDEX/SMETA, amfori BSCI… | Monthly/annual headcount and wage data per NACE class and region; per-facility… | purchasable |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs authorities and trade-data vendors (Panjiva/S&P, ImportGenius, Descartes Datamyne, UN Comtrade, Eurostat Comext), freight… | Per bill of lading / shipment; monthly aggregates by HS code and country | purchasable |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Mill operators and industry associations reporting capacity utilisation (ITMF State of Trade Report, CITI, national spindle utilisation… | Monthly/quarterly % capacity utilisation per country or mill panel | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Spinning mills and yarn traders, commodity exchanges and auction platforms (AWEX wool auctions, cotton exchange trades), B2B yarn… | Per contract/lot; auction-level for wool | partnership |
| inventory & supply chain | Mills' ERP systems, cotton merchants and traders (Louis Dreyfus, Olam, Cargill), USDA/ICAC ending-stock estimates, warehouse operators of… | Per bale lot internally; monthly national stock aggregates publicly | partnership |
| energy consumption | Mill operators, electricity utilities and grid operators, energy-efficiency programmes (UNIDO, SEAI, Indian PAT/BEE scheme), ISO 50001… | Per site meter, half-hourly to monthly; kWh per kg yarn benchmarks | partnership |
| production output | Spinning mill ERP/MES systems, national statistical offices (Eurostat PRODCOM, Indian Textile Commissioner, CNTAC), industry associations… | Per machine/shift internally; monthly or annual tonnage by product code in… | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Uster Technologies (Uster Statistics benchmarks), mill labs (HVI/AFIS fibre testing), third-party labs (SGS, Intertek, TÜV), certification… | Per bale, per lot/count, per certificate | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Mill operators and machinery vendors' monitoring platforms (Rieter SPIDERweb, Trützschler T-Data, Uster Sliverguard/Quantum yarn clearers… | Per spindle / per winding position, continuous to per-shift | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Machinery OEM service organisations (Rieter, Trützschler, Saurer, Lakshmi Machine Works) and mill maintenance systems | Per machine, per service event | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.