HDR1012000170171108951500Cotton Ginnings                                        
HDR2012000170171108951500Cotton Ginnings Table & Narrative                      
                                                                                
Released November 8, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service      
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       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to      
       November 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1992-1995      
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      Crop       :                   Running Bales Ginned                       
       and       :------------------------------------------------------------  
      State      :     1992     :      1993    :     1994    :     1995         
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All Cotton       :                                                              
    AL           :      235,250       288,350       250,450       255,250       
    AZ           :      423,750       383,600       346,550       241,550       
    AR           :      877,750       765,250     1,088,900     1,030,550       
    CA           :    1,302,800       944,000       948,400       580,900       
    FL 1/        :       17,250                                    43,050       
    GA           :      195,550       353,100       289,100       755,050       
    LA           :    1,011,150       886,650       997,950     1,107,450       
    MS           :    1,369,900     1,106,400     1,284,800     1,564,700       
    MO           :      274,750       260,250       379,200       283,600       
    NM           :       19,750        30,400        28,550        17,400       
    NC           :      110,350       237,000       261,100       301,900       
    OK           :       50,650       107,950       132,500         5,700       
    SC           :       88,350       128,400       127,800       147,400       
    TN           :      417,500       390,900       486,000       466,550       
    TX           :    1,186,750     2,031,300     2,201,100     1,614,950       
    VA 1/        :        2,150                                    37,900       
    US           :    7,583,650     7,974,650     8,877,850     8,453,900       
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Amer-Pima        :                                                              
    AZ           :       34,900        25,150        20,250        11,550       
    CA           :       59,500        36,050        35,500        23,650       
    NM 1/        :                      3,800         4,750                     
    TX 1/        :       12,850        16,000        15,100                     
Oth Sts          :        3,700             0             0             0       
    US           :      110,950        81,000        75,600        48,750       
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (11-95)                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                    Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                     
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending September 30, 1995, amounted to         
1,019,560 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of      
September was 533,120 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses  
was 1,920,666 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,747,000, and   
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters was 221,700 bales.  
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(95)-9", dated      
October 26, 1995.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on              
November 22, 1995.                                                              
                                                                                
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