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Abstract
Detailed estimates of the major costs of merchandising U.S. cotton during the 1974/75 season are presented. The weighted average cost of assembling and distributing to all domestic and foreign outlets was $38.63 per bale, up 43 percent from 1972/73. Costs were developed from each of four regions to ten outlets. Also, costs were developed from major market trading areas to specific domestic and foreign market outlets.