Ct Gn 1 (11-02)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released November 12, 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
       November 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        :     348,200          344,100          287,400          236,900
  AZ        :     177,750          244,450          216,400          214,500
  AR        :   1,154,850        1,131,900        1,089,000          832,650
  CA        :     516,800          784,050          667,700          582,600
  FL        :      46,400           45,250           45,950           16,800
  GA        :     501,300          535,800          666,700          478,300
  LA        :     807,950          825,250          706,600          474,400
  MS        :   1,417,550        1,510,750        1,345,400        1,051,050
  MO        :     415,200          423,250          407,300          309,000
  NM        :      13,650           27,000           23,400            8,800
  NC        :     103,400          408,650          444,900          275,900
  OK        :      52,500           78,100           56,500           59,750
  SC        :      80,000          151,100          166,600           34,750
  TN        :     484,750          613,500          566,300          403,000
  TX        :   2,118,800        2,027,950        2,069,900        1,676,300
  VA        :      23,750           38,250           46,300           30,350
            :
  US        :   8,262,850        9,189,350        8,806,350        6,685,050
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 1/     :
  CA        :      67,000           78,700           85,950           89,850
  NM 1/     :
  TX 1/     :       5,600            6,400
            :
  US        :      77,150           89,600           99,900          104,250
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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
November 25, 2002.
 
 
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