HDR1012000170171212960830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Released December 12, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service     
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       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to      
       December 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1993-1996      
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      Crop      :                 Running Bales Ginned                          
      and       : --------------------------------------------------------------
     State      :      1993     :      1994     :      1995     :      1996     
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                :                                                               
All Cotton      :                                                               
    AL          :       413,500         531,900         375,100         636,750 
    AZ          :       643,150         649,550         523,250         539,950 
    AR          :     1,077,950       1,686,600       1,429,200       1,536,550 
    CA          :     2,159,800       2,102,800       1,766,900       1,916,750 
    FL 1/       :                                        77,400          99,450 
    GA          :       589,300         800,450       1,403,150       1,615,950 
    LA          :     1,096,700       1,471,850       1,350,250       1,281,050 
    MS          :     1,486,750       2,013,900       1,794,800       1,803,950 
    MO          :       331,700         536,500         456,000         529,600 
    NM          :        62,950          54,050          50,350          67,500 
    NC          :       390,900         549,750         598,600         743,700 
    OK          :       233,100         181,800          89,700          61,150 
    SC          :       185,950         260,100         272,200         381,900 
    TN          :       511,500         809,300         681,600         645,500 
    TX          :     3,949,900       3,811,050       3,239,700       2,692,450 
    VA 1/       :                                        90,850         107,100 
    US          :    13,244,150      15,587,300      14,199,050      14,659,300 
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Amer-Pima       :                                                               
    AZ          :        60,350          57,400          37,600          52,000 
    CA          :       112,500         107,300          94,800         158,250 
    NM  1/      :        10,450          12,150                          10,100 
    TX  1/      :        37,600          36,400                          37,100 
    US          :       220,900         213,250         175,800         257,450 
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on           
December 23, 1996.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
              Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                           
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending October 31, 1996, amounted to           
834,217 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of        
October was 562,362 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses    
was 6,617,754 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,567,000, and   
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 259,200        
bales.  These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(96)-10",   
dated November 21, 1996                                                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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