CtGn 1 (11-99)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
 
Released November 10, 1999, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Jay Johnson at
(202) 720-5944, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
 
 
       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to
        November 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1996-99
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      1996      :      1997      :      1998      :      1999
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :     358,200          179,700          350,200          348,200
  AZ        :     257,550          298,750          114,750          177,750
  AR        :   1,191,600          929,100        1,018,950        1,156,000
  CA        :     828,850        1,146,700          160,900          510,050
  FL        :      43,750           32,800           32,450           46,400
  GA        :     802,200          580,800          525,300          501,300
  LA        :   1,042,750          814,200          580,400          807,950
  MS        :   1,562,650        1,138,050        1,262,150        1,417,600
  MO        :     355,700          340,300          281,800          415,150
  NM        :      31,250           22,300           14,000           13,650
  NC        :     338,600          201,900          544,000          103,400
  OK        :      28,800           54,600           75,050           52,650
  SC        :     243,650          112,250          213,350           80,150
  TN        :     525,900          408,850          451,650          484,750
  TX        :   1,216,400        1,646,150        1,640,700        2,098,950
  VA        :      40,850           23,650           93,200           23,750
  US        :   8,868,700        7,930,100        7,358,850        8,237,700
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Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 1/     :      19,550           16,150            2,900
  CA        :      59,400          127,100           35,150           67,000
  NM 1/     :       3,100            2,850
  TX 1/     :      14,800           13,550                             5,000
  US        :      96,850          159,650           40,250           76,550
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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. ETon
November 24, 1999.
 
 
 
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