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USDA Pima Classing Report

Thursday, February 02, 2012

By Classing Office

The USDA classing report for American Pima released today indicates a total of 757,110 bales (38,655 for the week) have been classed by the Visalia classing office.

Summary (year to date)

Classing Visalia Classing Office
Grade 2 and better 92.3%
Grade 3 6.0%
Uniformity Avg. 85.7
Micronaire Avg. 3.9
Strength Avg. 42.3 GPT
QUALITY OF AMERICAN PIMA COTTON CLASSED FOR PRODUCERS BY CLASSING OFFICE
                              WEEK AND SEASON ENDED February 2, 2012
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   Color      Leaf     VISALIA
   Grade             Week  Season
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                 1    13.1    16.5
                 2    22.1    24.4
                 3     0.5     1.0
       01        4      -       *
                 5      -       -
                 6      -       -
                 7      -       -

                 1     8.1     7.4
                 2    37.8    33.4
                 3    10.5     9.0
       02        4     0.3     0.5
                 5      -       *
                 6      -       *
                 7      -       -

                 1     0.1     0.1
                 2     1.9     1.6
                 3     3.5     3.0
       03        4     0.8     1.1
                 5      *      0.1
                 6      *       *
                 7      -       *

                 1      -       *
                 2     0.1     0.1
                 3     0.5     0.6
       04        4     0.3     0.5
                 5     0.1     0.1
                 6      *       *
                 7      *       *

                 1      -       -
                 2      *       *
                 3     0.2     0.2
       05        4     0.1     0.3
                 5      *      0.1
                 6      *       *
                 7      -       *

                 1      -       -
                 2      -       *
                 3      *       *
       06        4      *       *
                 5      *       *
                 6      *       *
                 7      -       *

                 1      -       -
                 2      -       -
                 3      -       -
       07        4      -       *
                 5      -       *
                 6      -       *
                 7      -       *

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  STAPLE
40 & shorter          -       *
     42               *       *
     44              0.9     1.6
     46             19.4    20.7
48 & longer         79.7    77.7
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Average             48.0    47.9
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  UNIFORMITY
72.4 & below          -       -
  72.5-73.4           -       -
  73.5-74.4           -       -
  74.5-75.4           -       -
  75.5-76.4           -       -
  76.5-77.4           -       -
  77.5-78.4           -       -
  78.5-79.4           -       -
  79.5-80.4           *       *
  80.5-81.4           *       *
  81.5-82.4          0.2     0.3
  82.5-83.4          0.9     1.4
  83.5-84.4          6.9     6.5
  84.5-85.4         36.9    28.7
  85.5-86.4         43.2    46.4
  86.5-87.4         10.8    15.2
  87.5-88.4          1.0     1.5
  88.5-89.4           *      0.1
89.5 & above          -       -
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Average             85.5    85.7
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__________________________________________________________________________________________________
SAMPLES CLASSED
      Week        38,655
     Season               757,110
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* Less than 0.05 percent                                                               Page 10

             QUALITY OF AMERICAN PIMA COTTON CLASSED FOR PRODUCERS BY CLASSING OFFICE
                              WEEK AND SEASON ENDED February 2, 2012
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
  Quality              VISALIA
Designation          Week   Season
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  MIKE
24 & below            *       *
  25-26               *      0.1
  27-29              0.5     1.0
  30-32              1.2     2.0
  33-34              2.3     2.6
  35-36             11.9     8.6
  37-42             75.6    74.3
  43-49              8.5    11.4
  50-52               -       *
53 & above            -       -
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Average               39      39
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ALL RANGE MIKE
24 & below            *       *
    25                -       *
    26                *       *
    27                *      0.2
    28               0.2     0.3
    29               0.3     0.5
    30               0.5     0.6
    31               0.3     0.7
    32               0.5     0.7
    33               0.9     1.0
    34               1.4     1.6
    35               4.0     2.9
    36               8.0     5.6
    37              11.5     9.4
    38              15.9    13.4
    39              16.5    16.0
    40              14.0    15.1
    41              10.2    12.0
    42               7.3     8.5
    43               4.5     5.2
    44               2.4     3.0
    45               1.0     1.8
    46               0.4     0.9
    47               0.1     0.4
    48                *      0.2
    49                *       *
    50                -       *
    51                -       *
    52                -       -
    53                -       -
    54                -       -
    55                -       -
    56                -       -
    57                -       -
    58                -       -
    59                -       -
60 & above            -       -
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Average               39      39
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  Strength
17 & below            -       -
    18                -       -
    19                -       -
    20                -       -
    21                -       -
    22                -       -
    23                -       -
    24                -       -
    25                -       -
    26                -       -
    27                -       -
    28                *       *
    29                -       *
    30                *       *
    31                *       *
    32                *       *
    33               0.1     0.1
    34               0.3     0.3
    35               0.5     0.8
    36               0.8     1.6
    37               2.0     2.6
    38               6.4     3.9
    39              10.1     6.2
    40              11.1     8.6
    41              12.0    10.4
    42              14.9    12.8
    43              14.3    14.8
    44              12.2    14.8
45 & above          15.2    23.0
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Average             41.8    42.3
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EXTRANEOUS MATTER
      Bark           0.2     0.1
      Grass           -      0.1
  Spindle Twist       *      0.2
   Preparation       1.2     2.3
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* Less than 0.05 percent                                                               Page 11

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