Ct Gn 1 (12-03)
 
 
Cotton
Ginnings
 
 
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA
Washington, D.C.
 
 
Released December 11, 2003, 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
       December 1, by Crop, State, and United States, Crop Years 2000-2003
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    Crop    :                       Running Bales Ginned
     and    :-------------------------------------------------------------------
    State   :      2000      :      2001      :      2002      :      2003
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All Cotton  :
  AL        :      467,850          641,950          427,000          627,850
  AZ        :      414,500          431,250          397,300          290,450
  AR        :    1,384,950        1,715,000        1,501,150        1,609,150
  CA        :    1,744,800        1,521,450        1,326,750        1,118,150
  FL        :       76,550          105,600           44,900           96,800
  GA        :    1,193,700        1,518,150        1,029,400        1,427,900
  KS 1/     :                                                          16,500
  LA        :      914,350        1,019,550          716,800        1,023,500
  MS        :    1,667,100        2,127,550        1,691,850        1,983,700
  MO        :      499,100          635,050          534,750          580,950
  NM        :       49,750           53,500           34,850           36,000
  NC        :      969,950        1,080,250          578,150          729,500
  OK        :      121,900          130,100          132,650          117,450
  SC        :      296,150          344,950           82,300          209,600
  TN        :      685,450          903,400          723,250          739,350
  TX        :    3,023,450        3,207,900        3,084,200        2,790,750
  VA        :      109,550          128,500           62,350           79,600
            :
  US        :   13,619,100       15,564,150       12,367,650       13,477,200
            :
Amer-Pima   :
  AZ 2/     :        4,750            8,900           10,100
  CA        :      201,350          240,050          258,050          202,050
  NM 2/     :        2,500            8,850            9,500
  TX        :       18,050           22,850           20,450           23,750
            :
  US        :      226,650          280,650          298,100          234,550
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1/  December 1 estimates began in 2003.
2/  Withheld to avoid disclosing individual gins.
 
 
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The next "Cotton Ginnings" report will be released at 8:30 a.m ET on
December 23, 2003.
 
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