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QUALITY OF COTTON CLASSED UNDER SMITH DOXEY ACT

NUMBER OF SMITH-DOXEY SAMPLES CLASSED, BY CLASSING OFFICE,
2007-Crop Compared With 2008-Crop

CLASSING OFFICE                      Week            Season

                                          UPLAND

Abilene                          2,180,454         1,163,407
Birmingham                         459,925           519,089
Corpus Christi                     904,624           525,026
Dumas                            1,704,860           858,618
Florence                         1,008,201         1,072,533
Lamesa                           1,564,630           514,036
Lubbock                          3,808,721         2,474,193
Macon                            1,660,323         1,606,067
Memphis                          2,694,548         2,237,957
Phoenix                            632,149           439,339
Rayville                           745,839           296,798
Visalia                            560,876           367,834

United States                   17,925,150        12,074,897

Percent tenderable                    70.7              63.1

                                          American Pima

Phoenix *                            4,443                 0
Visalia                            818,112           411,940

United States                      822,555           411,940

United States all cotton        18,747,705        12,486,837

2007-crop through May 8, 2008 and 2008-crop through April 30, 2009

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