Ct Gn 1 (10-02)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
 
Released October 11, 2002, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Dave DeWalt at
(202) 720-5944, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET.
 
 
       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to
       October 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1999-2002
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      1999      :      2000      :      2001      :      2002
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :      77,900           97,200           19,250           32,750
  AZ        :      27,100           72,050           46,850           43,400
  AR        :     335,700          295,200          250,900           76,700
  CA 1/     :                       22,550           16,250            4,100
  FL 1/     :       5,000            5,800
  GA        :      63,900           44,600           44,300           89,600
  LA        :     277,700          413,050          150,800          122,850
  MS        :     470,900          595,200          306,600          275,700
  MO        :     135,700          108,350           93,400           16,400
  NM 1/     :                        2,500            1,100
  NC 1/     :                        4,100            3,350           11,850
  OK 1/     :       2,250           13,350                             6,100
  SC        :       4,000           11,150            7,800            4,350
  TN        :     152,800          220,200          135,050           39,400
  TX        :   1,134,550        1,380,450          993,700          920,850
  VA 1/     :           0                0
            :
  US        :   2,689,850        3,285,750        2,071,700        1,647,850
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 1/     :                                         1,350            2,100
  CA 1/     :           0                0                                 0
  NM 1/     :           0                                 0                0
  TX 1/     :           0                                                  0
            :
  US 1/     :                        1,050            2,050            2,100
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.
 
 
 
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m ET on
October 25, 2002.
 
 
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