Ct Gn 1 (01-04)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released January 12, 2004, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
 
 
       Cotton Ginnings:  Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters) Prior to
        January 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 2000-03
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2000      :      2001      :      2002      :      2003
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :      520,900          849,700          537,250          781,100
  AZ        :      609,800          585,650          524,550          438,550
  AR        :    1,404,950        1,785,900        1,610,400        1,734,600
  CA        :    2,313,900        2,025,000        1,781,400        1,665,700
  FL 1/     :                                         64,950          119,350
  GA        :    1,533,900        2,060,000        1,461,250        1,978,650
  KS 1/     :                                         30,850           39,600
  LA        :      923,100        1,044,300          748,150        1,028,300
  MS        :    1,673,600        2,292,650        1,868,400        2,056,250
  MO        :      502,000          670,000          578,750          674,200
  NM        :       59,700           68,800           52,550           52,700
  NC        :    1,300,400        1,526,550          757,750          989,850
  OK        :      141,950          173,750          175,150          185,750
  SC        :      351,700          401,700          116,150          306,950
  TN        :      691,300          944,050          785,200          843,600
  TX        :    3,793,250        3,987,400        4,477,250        3,915,550
  VA        :      145,350          177,500           84,000          103,650
            :
  US        :   16,082,850       18,759,400       15,654,000       16,914,350
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ        :        6,400           11,600           15,950            3,800
  CA        :      273,450          390,450          415,650          307,250
  NM        :        3,950           12,300           13,850           11,700
  TX        :       27,850           32,700           34,650           37,550
            :
  US        :      311,650          447,050          480,100          360,300
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins, but included in U.S.
    totals.
 
 
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m ET on
January 23, 2004.
 
 
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