Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Thousands of Bales (Of 132 1/4 Pounds Each), Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Data Include Re-Exports. "Deliveries Are Calculated Monthly, Based On Raw Silk Imports Into The U.S., Adjusted For New York Warehouse Stocks". Data Also Checked With Survey Of Current Business. The Figure For January 1920 Was Estimated By Rayon Organon. Source: Data For 1920-June 1929: Textile Economics Bureau, Inc., Rayon Organon, January 1940, Special Supplement, P. 26. Data For July 1929-1941: Commodity Exchange Inc., Monthly Statistical Supplement: Raw Silk.

This NBER data series m01096 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01096