HDR1012000170171211951500COTTON GINNINGS                                        
HDR2012000170171211951500CTGN:RNNG BLS GNND PRIOR TO DEC 1,CRP,ST&US            
Released December 11, 1995, 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             
December 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     :    444,550      413,500      531,900      376,600                  
    AZ     :    688,500      643,150      649,550      523,250                  
    AR     :  1,448,650    1,077,950    1,686,600    1,434,200                  
    CA     :  2,417,200    2,159,800    2,102,800    1,766,900                  
    FL 1/  :     45,100                                 77,400                  
    GA     :    428,600      589,300      800,450    1,406,650                  
    LA     :  1,283,200    1,096,700    1,471,850    1,350,300                  
    MS     :  1,966,550    1,486,750    2,013,900    1,795,250                  
    MO     :    485,500      331,700      536,500      456,000                  
    NM     :     47,150       62,950       54,050       50,350                  
    NC     :    305,150      390,900      549,750      600,300                  
    OK     :     94,900      233,100      181,800       89,800                  
    SC     :    154,500      185,950      260,100      269,600                  
    TN     :    715,900      511,500      809,300      681,600                  
    TX     :  2,057,600    3,949,900    3,811,050    3,195,200                  
    VA 1/  :     13,500                                 90,850                  
    US     : 12,596,550   13,244,150   15,587,300   14,164,250                  
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Amer-Pima  :                                                                    
    AZ     :     97,850       60,350       57,400       37,650                  
    CA     :    128,600      112,500      107,300       94,850                  
    NM  1/ :     10,700       10,450       12,150                               
    TX  1/ :     35,200       37,600       36,400                               
Oth Sts    :        450            0            0            0                  
    US     :    272,800      220,900      213,250      175,950                  
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (12-95)                                                                 
                    Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                     
                                                                                
Cotton consumed during the month ending October 31, 1995, amounted to           
795,449 bales.  Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of        
October was 522,517 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses    
was 5,593,451 bales.  Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,782,000, and   
the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 233,600 bales. 
These and other data were published in "Census Bulletin M22P(95)-10", dated     
November 28, 1995.                                                              
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