HDR1012000170171112960830Cotton Ginnings                                        
                                                                                
Released November 12, 1996, 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 1993-1996             
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       Crop      :                       Running Bales Ginned                   
        and      : -------------------------------------------------------------
      State      :      1993     :      1994     :      1995     :      1996    
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 All Cotton      :                                                              
     AL          :       288,350         250,450         249,300         358,200
     AZ          :       383,600         346,550         241,550         257,600
     AR          :       765,250       1,088,900       1,028,550       1,191,600
     CA          :       944,000         948,400         561,000         828,850
     FL 1/       :                                        43,050          43,750
     GA          :       353,100         289,100         754,100         803,750
     LA          :       886,650         997,950       1,104,250       1,042,900
     MS          :     1,106,400       1,284,800       1,562,350       1,562,900
     MO          :       260,250         379,200         283,600         355,700
     NM          :        30,400          28,550          17,400          31,250
     NC          :       237,000         261,100         302,300         336,800
     OK          :       107,950         132,500           5,700          28,600
     SC          :       128,400         127,800         147,400         243,600
     TN          :       390,900         486,000         467,550         527,150
     TX          :     2,031,300       2,201,100       1,624,350       1,222,250
     VA 1/       :                                        37,900          40,800
     US          :     7,974,650       8,877,850       8,430,350       8,875,700
                 :                                                              
 Amer-Pima       :                                                              
     AZ          :        25,150          20,250          11,500          19,600
     CA          :        36,050          35,500          22,150          59,400
     NM 1/       :         3,800           4,750                           3,100
     TX 1/       :        16,000          15,100                          14,750
     US          :        81,000          75,600          46,950          96,850
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on           
November 26, 1996.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
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Ct Gn 1 (11-96)                                                                 
                                                                                
              Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                           
                                                                                
 Cotton consumed during the month ending September 30, 1996, amounted to        
 1,026,758 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end        
 of September was 533,855 bales, and the total in public storage and in         
 compresses was 2,059,562 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled      
 2,556,000, and the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding             
 linters was 268,400 bales.  These and other data were published in             
 "Census Bulletin M22P(96)-09", dated October 24, 1996.                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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