Fresno Cotton Exchange
P.O. Box 11486
Fresno, Ca. 93773-1486
(209) 226-6181

PIMA Sheet # 213 - - - effective: 09/12/97

AMERICAN PIMA SPOT QUOTATIONS

American Pima quotations are for cotton equal to the Official Standards, net weight, in mixed lots, uncompressed, FOB warehouse.

San Joaquin Valley

USDA Published: 12-Sep-97
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|        |                            GRADE                |Mike      |Points     |
| STAPLE |    1       2       3       4       5       6    |Ranges    |Per Pound  |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|        |                                                 |26 & Below       -2300|
|   44   |  106.00  105.75  103.00   92.00   70.50   55.50 |27-29            -1800|
|        |                                                 |30-32            -1350|
|        |                                                 |33-34             -500|
|   46   |  106.50  106.25  103.50   92.50   70.50   55.50 |35 & Above           0|
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Desert Southwest
USDA Published: 12-Sep-97
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|        |                            GRADE                |Mike      |Points     |
| STAPLE |    1       2       3       4       5       6    |Ranges    |Per Pound  |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|        |                                                 |26 & Below       -2300|
|   44   |  101.00  100.75   98.75   84.50   65.25   51.25 |27-29            -1800|
|        |                                                 |30-32            -1350|
|        |                                                 |33-34             -500|
|   46   |  101.75  101.50   99.50   85.75   65.25   51.25 |35 & Above           0|
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