HDR1012000170171110970830COTTON GINNINGS                                        
Cotton                                                                          
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Released November 10, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service     
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Roger Latham at (202) 720-5944, office    
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Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to             
November 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1994-1997             
                                                                                
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       Crop      :                 Running Bales Ginned                         
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      State      :      1994     :      1995     :      1996     :      1997    
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 All Cotton      :                                                              
     AL          :     250,450         249,300         358,200         229,450  
     AZ          :     346,550         241,550         257,550         313,600  
     AR          :   1,088,900       1,028,550       1,191,600         945,450  
     CA          :     948,400         561,000         828,850       1,145,450  
     FL 1/       :                      43,050          43,750          32,800  
     GA          :     289,100         754,100         802,200         580,700  
     LA          :     997,950       1,104,250       1,042,750         814,100  
     MS          :   1,284,800       1,562,350       1,562,650       1,146,200  
     MO          :     379,200         283,600         355,700         326,200  
     NM          :      28,550          17,400          31,250          22,300  
     NC          :     261,100         302,300         338,600         201,900  
     OK          :     132,500           5,700          28,800          55,850  
     SC          :     127,800         147,400         243,650         112,250  
     TN          :     486,000         467,550         525,900         408,850  
     TX          :   2,201,100       1,624,350       1,216,400       1,756,000  
     VA 1/       :                      37,900          40,850          23,700  
     US          :   8,877,850       8,430,350       8,868,700       8,114,800  
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 Amer-Pima       :                                                              
     AZ          :      20,250          11,500          19,550          16,200  
     CA          :      35,500          22,150          59,400         131,500  
     NM 1/       :       4,750                           3,100           2,850  
     TX 1/       :      15,100                          14,800          13,650  
     US          :      75,600          46,950          96,850         164,200  
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 1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                     Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                    
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending September 30, 1997, amounted to         
1,101,672 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of      
September was 610,259 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses  
was 1,999,699 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,639,000, and   
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters was 276,300 bales.  
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(97)-9", dated      
October 23, 1997.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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November 25, 1997.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
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