CtGn 1 (10-01)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
 
Released October 12, 2001, 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
       October 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 1998-2001
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      1998      :      1999      :      2000      :      2001
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :      83,950           77,900           97,200           19,250
  AZ        :      19,700           27,100           72,050           46,850
  AR        :     237,400          335,700          295,200          245,800
  CA 1/     :                                        22,550           16,250
  FL 1/     :       3,550            5,000            5,800
  GA        :     111,400           63,900           44,600           44,300
  LA        :     178,450          277,700          413,050          150,800
  MS        :     409,700          470,900          595,200          306,450
  MO        :      46,150          135,700          108,350           93,400
  NM 1/     :                                         2,500            1,100
  NC 1/     :      77,450                             4,100            3,350
  OK 1/     :      12,700            2,250           13,350
  SC        :      67,650            4,000           11,150            7,800
  TN        :     128,800          152,800          220,200          135,050
  TX        :     665,900        1,134,550        1,380,450          933,850
  VA 1/     :      10,200                0                0
            :
  US        :   2,056,400        2,689,850        3,285,750        2,006,600
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 1/     :                                                          1,350
  CA 1/     :           0                0                0
  NM 1/     :           0                0                                 0
  TX 1/     :           0                0
            :
  US 1/     :                                         1,050            2,050
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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, 2001.
 
 
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