HDR1012000170170109970830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Released January 9, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service       
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
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Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to             
 January 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          :       438,450         658,500         437,600         740,650
     AZ          :       798,250         785,550         747,100         748,700
     AR          :     1,093,300       1,759,150       1,452,750       1,575,550
     CA          :     2,837,500       2,735,750       2,362,250       2,507,300
     FL 1/       :        92,900                         102,950         118,150
     GA          :       691,750       1,240,000       1,824,150       1,997,450
     KS 1/ 2/    :                                                             0
     LA          :     1,106,200       1,509,650       1,376,500       1,297,900
     MS          :     1,507,600       2,075,850       1,803,250       1,816,950
     MO          :       334,950         553,400         477,100         555,600
     NM          :        72,700          67,350          65,700          84,450
     NC          :       415,950         737,900         766,300         940,850
     OK          :       253,950         224,100         115,450         112,600
     SC          :       194,900         332,450         341,700         429,300
     TN          :       526,950         858,150         712,050         663,450
     TX          :     4,924,750       4,730,650       4,298,200       3,945,450
     VA 1/       :                                                       150,300
     US          :    15,320,650      18,438,400      17,011,400      17,684,650
                 :                                                              
 Amer-Pima       :                                                              
     AZ          :        82,250          75,900          61,900          68,450
     CA          :       160,650         148,150         163,250         246,400
     NM          :        12,800          14,000          13,100          14,450
     TX          :        50,050          51,200          48,200          52,600
 Oth Sts         :            70               0               0               0
     US          :       305,820         289,250         286,450         381,900
                                                                                
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
2/  No gins operated in 1994.                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Cotton consumed during the month ending November 30, 1996, amounted to         
 816,704 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of       
 November was 559,339 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses  
 was 10,198,316 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,584,000, and 
 the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 440,600 bales.
 These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(96)-11", dated    
 December 19, 1996.                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
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February 12, 1997.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
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