HDR1012000170170911960830 Cotton Ginnings                                       
                                                                                
Released September 11, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service    
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Estimates are cotton ginned prior to September 1.                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
     Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to        
      September 1 by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1993-96         
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 Crop       :                     Running Bales Ginned                          
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 State      :    1993       :    1994       :    1995        :    1996          
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 Upland     :                                                                   
 Cotton     :                                                                   
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  TX        :  434,900         679,950          427,000         343,150         
            :                                                                   
  US        :  434,900         679,950          427,000         343,150         
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October 11, 1996.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
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Ct Gn 1 (9-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
              Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                           
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending July 31, 1996, amounted to              
726,764 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of July   
was 605,874 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses was        
1,883,597 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles was 2,677,000, and the       
quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 219,300 bales.     
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(96)-07", dated     
August 22, 1996.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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