HDR1012000170170116960830COTTON GINNINGS                                        
HDR2012000170170116960830COTTON GINNINGS NARRATIVES & TABLE                     
Released January 16, 1996, 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             
January 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1992-1995              
                                                                                
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       Crop      :                 Running Bales Ginned                         
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      State      :      1992     :      1993     :      1994     :      1995    
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 All Cotton      :                                                              
     AL          :       567,700         438,450         658,500         438,900
     AZ          :       783,250         798,250         785,550         747,950
     AR          :     1,639,800       1,093,300       1,759,150       1,457,950
     CA          :     2,840,550       2,837,500       2,735,750       2,364,450
     FL 1/       :        72,300          92,900                         102,950
     GA          :       647,750         691,750       1,240,000       1,841,700
     KS 1/ 2/    :                                                              
     LA          :     1,294,700       1,106,200       1,509,650       1,368,550
     MS          :     2,066,700       1,507,600       2,075,850       1,803,600
     MO          :       527,800         334,950         553,400         477,250
     NM          :        54,300          72,700          67,350          65,700
     NC          :       425,600         415,950         737,900         769,000
     OK          :       140,850         253,950         224,100         115,550
     SC          :       196,800         194,900         332,450         344,100
     TN          :       807,100         526,950         858,150         712,150
     TX          :     2,856,150       4,924,750       4,730,650       4,263,850
     VA 1/       :        22,800                                                
     US          :    14,944,150      15,320,650      18,438,400      17,002,100
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 Amer-Pima       :                                                              
     AZ          :       130,300          82,250          75,900          62,750
     CA          :       202,400         160,650         148,150         163,300
     NM          :        12,900          12,800          14,000          13,100
     TX          :        49,900          50,050          51,200          48,200
 Oth Sts         :           600              70               0                
     US          :       396,100         305,820         289,250         287,350
                                                                                
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.                          
2/  No gins operated in 1992 and 1994.                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Ct Gn 1 (1-96)                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
             Bureau of the Census Cotton Information                            
                                                                                
Data from the Bureau of Census on cotton consumed and on hand was not available 
when this report was released.                                                  
                                                                                
The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 3 p.m. ET on              
January 25, 1996.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
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