HDR1012000170170812960830COTTON GINNINGS                                        
Cotton                                                                          
Ginnings                                                                        
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Released August 12, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service       
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
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are cotton ginned prior to August 1.                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
          Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters)            
             by Crop, State, and United States, August 1, 1993-96               
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 Crop       :                     Running Bales Ginned                          
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 State      :    1993       :    1994        :    1995        :    1996         
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Upland      :                                                                   
  TX        :    9,450          112,900           16,650          48,150        
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  US        :    9,450          112,900           16,650          48,150        
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September 11, 1996.                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
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Ct Gn 1 (8-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
              Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                           
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending June 30, 1996, amounted to              
1,030,797 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of June 
was 593,799 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses was        
2,579,810 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,627,000, and       
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 314,300 bales. 
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(96)-6", dated      
July 25, 1996.                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
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