QUALITY OF COTTON CLASSED FOR PRODUCERS BY CLASSING OFFICE 2007-Crop Compared With 2008-Crop MP-CN103 ABILENE BIRMINGHAMCORPUSCHRIST DUMASFLORENCE 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. MIKE 24 & below * 0.6 * * - - - * * * 25-26 0.1 1.0 0.1 * - * * * * * 27-29 0.5 3.0 1.7 0.1 * * * * * * 30-32 2.3 5.5 5.1 0.3 0.2 * 0.3 0.1 0.2 * 33-34 4.4 5.5 4.7 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.1 35-36 8.2 7.1 5.1 1.0 1.6 0.4 1.7 0.6 1.0 0.5 37-42 46.1 33.8 19.8 12.7 30.9 8.9 17.7 13.3 14.8 18.8 43-49 36.5 38.8 46.2 65.2 62.3 66.2 67.6 67.2 58.3 67.5 50-52 1.6 4.2 14.4 17.9 4.3 20.2 10.8 16.1 19.5 11.6 53 & higher 0.2 0.4 2.8 2.4 0.2 4.3 1.0 2.5 5.7 1.5 Average 41 41 44 46 44 47 45 46 47 46 HVI TRASH 1/ 00 * * * - * * - - * * 01 17.1 17.9 0.2 0.7 0.1 4.8 * 0.3 0.2 0.1 02 31.3 34.4 5.3 11.3 2.3 21.7 1.8 5.4 5.0 3.8 03 20.4 21.9 20.1 26.9 9.1 25.3 8.8 15.0 17.3 15.1 04 12.1 11.6 23.7 23.1 15.0 18.5 15.8 19.7 22.0 21.2 05 7.2 6.0 20.2 16.3 19.1 11.8 19.2 19.5 19.6 19.9 06 4.4 3.2 13.2 8.9 17.7 7.2 18.5 15.0 14.4 15.8 07 2.7 1.8 7.3 5.5 14.0 4.3 14.3 10.6 9.0 9.4 08 1.7 1.1 4.3 3.0 8.7 2.6 10.1 6.4 5.4 6.0 09 1.0 0.7 2.2 1.7 5.0 1.5 4.5 3.4 3.0 3.6 10 0.7 0.4 1.3 1.0 3.1 0.9 3.1 2.0 1.7 2.1 11 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.6 2.0 0.5 1.9 1.1 1.0 1.2 12 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 1.3 0.3 1.1 0.7 0.6 0.8 13 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 14 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 15 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 16 0.1 * 0.1 0.1 0.3 * * * 0.1 0.1 17 * * * * 0.2 * * * * * 18 & above 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 * 0.1 0.1 0.1 Average 0.32 0.29 0.49 0.44 0.61 0.39 0.60 0.53 0.51 0.54 UNIFORMITY 2/ 72.4 & below - - - - - - - - - - 72.5-73.4 - * - - - - - - - - 73.5-74.4 * * - - * * - - - - 74.5-75.4 * 0.1 * - * * * - - * 75.5-76.4 0.3 0.6 0.4 * 0.1 0.2 * - 0.1 * 76.5-77.4 1.4 2.4 2.5 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 * 0.5 * 77.5-78.4 4.9 7.4 9.2 4.4 2.4 2.6 2.7 0.3 3.2 0.8 78.5-79.4 13.4 16.5 22.5 14.9 7.0 6.5 10.7 2.0 10.4 4.6 79.5-80.4 25.6 26.6 30.3 27.2 14.0 13.2 22.8 9.9 20.5 16.5 80.5-81.4 29.5 27.0 22.7 28.1 22.1 22.8 31.4 25.2 29.1 32.7 81.5-82.4 18.4 15.0 9.9 18.8 27.1 31.6 24.8 38.3 24.8 31.9 82.5-83.4 5.7 4.0 2.2 5.7 19.7 18.7 6.6 21.0 10.0 11.8 83.5-84.4 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 6.3 3.4 0.5 3.3 1.5 1.6 84.5-85.4 * * * * 0.7 0.2 * * * 0.1 85.5-86.4 - - - * * * - - - - 86.5-87.4 - - - - - - - - - - 87.5-88.4 - - - - - - - - - - 88.5-89.4 - - - - - - - - - - 89.5 & above - - - - - - - - - - Average 80.6 80.3 80.0 80.6 81.5 81.4 80.9 81.8 81.0 81.3 Tenderable 3/ 77.9 59.8 52.3 70.4 58.3 59.3 73.0 75.9 52.7 77.6 SAMPLES CLASSED Week 2,180,454 459,925 904,624 1,704,860 1,008,201 Season 1,163,407 519,089 525,026 858,618 1,072,533 QUALITY OF COTTON CLASSED UNDER SMITH-DOXEY ACT BY CLASSING OFFICES, 2007-Crop Compared With 2008-Crop LAMESA LUBBOCK MACON MEMPHIS PHOENIX 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008 Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. MIKE 24 & below * 2.0 0.1 2.1 - * * * * 0.2 25-26 0.2 2.7 0.3 4.4 * * * * 0.1 0.2 27-29 0.8 6.7 1.6 10.4 * * 0.1 * 0.3 0.6 30-32 2.4 11.1 4.6 13.4 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.7 1.0 33-34 3.5 9.2 6.1 10.0 0.2 0.2 2.3 0.3 1.1 1.2 35-36 6.1 10.7 9.0 10.7 0.5 0.8 6.0 0.9 1.7 2.3 37-42 38.5 37.1 41.0 32.0 9.1 18.2 44.2 16.3 21.7 21.1 43-49 46.0 19.5 34.7 16.1 70.6 70.6 43.9 64.5 62.1 57.1 50-52 2.2 0.9 2.4 0.8 17.7 9.5 2.6 14.6 11.0 14.9 53 & higher 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.9 0.6 0.2 3.2 1.3 1.4 Average 42 37 41 36 47 45 42 46 45 45 HVI TRASH 1/ 00 * * * * - - - * * * 01 32.6 8.8 31.6 4.7 0.5 0.9 0.3 1.1 42.0 35.1 02 39.0 31.4 41.1 23.9 10.9 13.8 3.3 10.0 34.1 36.0 03 17.0 26.7 16.7 26.7 28.4 30.5 11.8 21.0 12.7 14.1 04 6.6 15.5 6.2 18.9 27.4 26.3 20.0 23.8 5.0 5.6 05 2.7 8.2 2.5 11.6 17.2 15.1 20.5 18.5 2.2 3.0 06 1.1 4.3 1.1 6.5 8.6 7.4 16.5 11.8 1.2 1.7 07 0.5 2.3 0.5 3.5 3.8 3.5 10.3 6.7 0.8 1.2 08 0.2 1.2 0.2 1.9 1.7 1.6 6.6 3.5 0.5 0.8 09 0.1 0.7 0.1 1.0 0.7 0.6 3.9 1.7 0.4 0.6 10 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 2.6 0.9 0.3 0.4 11 * 0.2 * 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 12 * 0.1 * 0.2 0.1 * 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 13 * 0.1 * 0.1 0.1 * 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 14 * * * * * * 0.4 * 0.1 0.2 15 * * * * * * 0.2 * 0.1 0.1 16 * * * * * * 0.1 * 0.1 0.1 17 * * * * * * * * * 0.1 18 & above * * * * * * 0.1 * 0.2 0.3 Average 0.22 0.32 0.21 0.37 0.41 0.39 0.56 0.45 0.21 0.24 UNIFORMITY 2/ 72.4 & below * - - * - * - - - - 72.5-73.4 * - - * * * - - - - 73.5-74.4 * * * * * * * - - * 74.5-75.4 * * * * * * * - * * 75.5-76.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 * 0.1 * 0.1 * 76.5-77.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.6 0.7 * 0.4 0.3 77.5-78.4 2.2 3.4 3.7 4.3 7.2 5.5 2.8 0.1 2.6 1.6 78.5-79.4 8.7 12.2 12.2 13.2 20.7 19.4 8.5 0.8 11.9 7.2 79.5-80.4 25.2 27.4 26.3 27.2 34.5 34.3 19.8 4.0 29.7 24.9 80.5-81.4 36.8 33.8 32.1 31.8 24.0 26.6 32.3 18.5 33.9 36.9 81.5-82.4 21.3 18.4 19.1 17.8 8.9 10.3 28.1 45.6 16.9 22.5 82.5-83.4 4.9 3.8 5.1 4.1 2.7 2.9 7.1 27.7 4.0 5.7 83.5-84.4 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.6 3.2 0.4 0.7 84.5-85.4 - * * * * * * 0.1 * * 85.5-86.4 - - * * * * - * - - 86.5-87.4 - - - - - - - - - - 87.5-88.4 - - - - - - - - - - 88.5-89.4 - - - - - - - - - - 89.5 & above - - - - - - - - - - Average 80.8 80.6 80.7 80.6 80.1 80.3 81.0 82.1 80.6 80.9 Tenderable 3/ 80.2 40.6 79.9 26.2 74.4 83.7 47.1 77.9 80.4 74.7 SAMPLES CLASSED Week 1,564,630 3,808,721 1,660,323 2,694,548 632,149 Season 514,036 2,474,193 1,606,067 2,237,957 439,339 QUALITY OF COTTON CLASSED UNDER SMITH-DOXEY ACT BY CLASSING OFFICES, 2007-Crop Compared With 2008-Crop RAYVILLE VISALIA 2007 2008 2007 2008 Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. MIKE 24 & below * - * 0.1 25-26 - - * 0.2 27-29 * * 0.1 0.7 30-32 * * 0.4 2.9 33-34 * * 0.9 3.5 35-36 0.1 0.2 2.7 5.9 37-42 5.3 6.6 37.2 46.5 43-49 83.8 58.6 57.6 39.9 50-52 10.3 29.9 1.1 0.4 53 & higher 0.4 4.7 * - Average 47 48 43 41 HVI TRASH 1/ 00 - - * * 01 * 0.7 30.7 30.8 02 2.5 11.1 41.9 41.9 03 13.4 23.7 17.3 17.6 04 23.4 23.9 6.1 6.1 05 23.1 17.7 2.2 2.2 06 16.6 10.9 1.0 0.8 07 9.9 6.0 0.4 0.3 08 5.5 3.1 0.2 0.2 09 2.3 1.3 0.1 0.1 10 1.4 0.7 * * 11 0.8 0.4 * * 12 0.5 0.2 * * 13 0.2 0.1 * * 14 0.1 * * * 15 * * * * 16 * * * * 17 * * * * 18 & above * * * * Average 0.52 0.44 0.21 0.21 UNIFORMITY 2/ 72.4 & below - - - - 72.5-73.4 - - - - 73.5-74.4 * * - - 74.5-75.4 * * - * 75.5-76.4 * 0.2 * * 76.5-77.4 0.6 1.5 * * 77.5-78.4 4.7 7.6 0.1 0.2 78.5-79.4 19.1 18.6 0.8 1.5 79.5-80.4 29.6 26.0 3.2 5.9 80.5-81.4 24.3 23.8 19.5 17.0 81.5-82.4 15.4 15.1 37.1 24.4 82.5-83.4 5.6 6.1 20.2 21.1 83.5-84.4 0.8 1.2 15.1 25.4 84.5-85.4 * * 3.7 4.0 85.5-86.4 - - 0.3 0.4 86.5-87.4 - - * * 87.5-88.4 - - - - 88.5-89.4 - - - - 89.5 & above - - - - Average 80.4 80.4 82.3 82.5 Tenderable 3/ 78.2 51.5 95.8 91.6 SAMPLES CLASSED Week 560,876 Season 367,834 1/ Measure of the percent of the sample covered by trash particles as determined by a video scanner; 12 indicates that trash particles cover 1.2 percent of the sample surface. Trash particles include extraneous matter such as grass, bark, etc. 2/ Measure of the relative uniformity of the length of fibers, if all fibers were the same length, uniformity index would equal 100. 3/ Tenderable for delivery on New York No. 2 futures contracts. * Less than 0.05 percent.