HDR1012000170171010970830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Cotton                                                                          
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Released October 10, 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      
        October 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1994-1997      
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      Crop       :                      Running Bales Ginned                    
       and       :--------------------------------------------------------------
      State      :      1994     :      1995     :      1996     :      1997    
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                 :                                                              
 All Cotton      :                                                              
     AL          :        21,450          65,050          59,550           4,350
     AZ          :        47,200          36,000          50,400          71,700
     AR          :       226,300         153,250         253,250          40,900
     CA          :        27,400           7,600          26,850          59,650
     FL 1/       :                                                              
     GA          :        22,250         186,350         198,600          39,800
     LA          :       328,100         354,450         269,250         130,250
     MS          :       326,750         564,000         480,500          86,050
     MO          :        67,100          12,850          47,950          12,600
     NM          :         2,400               0           2,450               0
     NC 1/       :        14,350          23,000          21,550                
     OK 1/       :        31,200               0                             800
     SC          :        15,050          15,850          61,800           1,200
     TN          :        84,300          69,000         148,400           9,250
     TX          :     1,106,400         954,550         517,750         837,800
     VA 1/       :                                                             0
     US          :     2,324,000       2,454,650       2,145,650       1,295,350
                 :                                                              
 Amer-Pima       :                                                              
     AZ 1/       :                                                         2,800
     CA 1/       :             0                                           2,000
     NM 1/       :                                                              
     TX 1/       :                                                              
     US 1/       :         1,800           1,800                           4,800
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
              Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                           
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending August 31, 1997, amounted to            
868,874  bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of       
August was 661,667 bales, and the total in public storage and compresses was    
2,387,496 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,613,000, and the   
quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 399,100 bales.     
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(97)-8", dated      
September 23, 1997.                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (10-97)                                                                 
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October 24, 1997.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
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