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COTTON GINNINGS

Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned
(Excluding Linters) And Equivalent
480-Pound Net Weight Bales Ginned
By Crop, State, And United States

Running Bales Ginned    Equivalent 480-Pound
by Crop Year        Net Weight Bales

Crop
And State

1995

1996

1995

1996

Upland

Alabama

460,650

755,850

476,000

781,700

Arizona

761,000

740,350

780,050

762,100

Arkansas

1,452,900

1,593,150

1,471,450

1,621,350

California

2,247,300

2,327,300

2,325,950

2,404,400

Florida-X

Georgia

1,908,900

2,041,500

1,961,800

2,102,750

Kansas-X

Louisiana

1,378,550

1,299,450

1,394,700

1,322,200

Mississippi

1,806,850

1,819,250

1,846,000

1,866,250

Missouri

477,400

557,250

484,150

565,500

New Mexico

55,800

75,150

55,850

75,250

North Carolina

787,950

985,100

810,950

1,013,650

Oklahoma

117,250

126,100

120,450

127,600

South Carolina

351,900

434,000

356,400

440,850

Tennessee

713,150

664,100

724,000

677,400

Texas

4,358,550

4,228,500

4,472,950

4,350,950

Virginia

128,250

153,000

130,750

155,250

U.S.

17,113,850

17,925,400

17,522,550

18,397,300

American-Pima

Arizona

70,750

72,500

72,650

74,850

California

215,050

360,250

224,100

374,200

New Mexico

13,900

14,450

14,150

14,650

Texas

54,950

62,950

56,550

64,450

U.S.

354,650

510,150

367,450

528,150

All Cotton

U.S.

17,468,500

18,435,550

17,890,000

18,925,450

X"Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.

There were 12,750 bales from the 1996 crop which ginners estimated would be ginned after the March survey, compared to 500 last year, and 8,600 in 1994. The number of active cotton gins for crop year 1996 is 1,213, compared to 1,274 in 1995, and 1,306 for the 1994 crop year.

Bureau Of The Census Cotton Information

Cotton consumed during the month ending February 28, 1997, amounted to 823,084 bales. Cotton on hand in consuming establishments at the end of February was 667,691 bales, and the total in public storage and in compresses was 9,097,167 bales. Active consuming cotton spindles totaled 2,572,000, and the quantity of domestic cotton exported, excluding linters, was 652,300 bales.

March 25, 1997
NASS, USDA

Consensus National Futures and Financial On Line Index
Food and Fiber Index

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