Ct Gn 1  (12-06)




Cotton
Ginnings

National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.


Released December 11, 2006, by the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.  For information on "Cotton Ginnings" call Shiela
Corley at 202-720-5944, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.



  

            Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Ginned (Excluding Linters)
                     As of December 1, Crop Years 2003-2006
                        by Crop, State, and United States
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2003      :      2004      :      2005      :      2006
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            :
All Cotton  :
AL          :      622,900          654,150          650,150          531,450
AZ          :      290,450          354,900          309,250          244,900
AR          :    1,609,150        1,766,150        2,001,950        2,143,850
CA          :    1,118,150        1,457,400        1,054,350          806,650
FL          :       96,800           77,750           78,250          103,150
GA          :    1,422,900        1,397,600        1,409,400        1,462,150
KS          :       16,500            5,100           39,000           43,550
LA          :    1,023,450          862,500        1,104,800        1,221,250
MS          :    1,983,700        2,124,650        2,069,400        2,011,850
MO          :      580,950          692,800          823,450          764,650
NM          :       36,000           30,950           36,850           30,100
NC          :      729,500        1,104,400          985,700          936,900
OK          :      117,450          130,850          161,250          117,100
SC          :      209,600          295,850          258,600          260,500
TN          :      739,350          811,300          967,000        1,013,700
TX          :    2,789,450        2,874,200        3,929,200        3,350,700
VA          :       79,600          113,900          112,600           99,150
            :
US          :   13,465,900       14,754,450       15,991,200       15,141,600
            :
Amer-Pima   :
AZ 1/       :
CA          :      202,050          352,500          264,650          294,700
NM 1/       :
TX          :       23,750           19,300           13,850           18,800
            :
US          :      234,550          380,750          285,550          326,750
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1/  Not published to avoid disclosing individual gins.



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