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Futures--Average Monthend Open Interest, Estimated Number of
Contracts Traded and Number of Contracts Settled by Delivery or Cash
Settlement by Major Groups, All Markets Combined from FY 1991 through
FY 1997
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Fiscal
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Oilseed
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Livestock
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Other
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Energy/Wood
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Financial
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Year
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Total
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Grain
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Products
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Products
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Agricultural
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Products
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Metals
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Instruments
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Currencies
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Average Monthend Open Interest (In Contracts)
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1991
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3,398,057
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331,527
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260,400
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120,758
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262,021
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451,667
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259,669
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1,492,253
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219,762
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1992
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4,264,893
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375,313
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266,364
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124,992
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255,949
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555,561
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263,452
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2,037,774
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385,488
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1993
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5,164,957
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365,751
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301,492
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116,640
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292,869
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697,275
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314,421
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2,758,539
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317,970
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1994
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6,508,063
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422,466
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323,368
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125,664
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328,149
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807,177
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363,406
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3,799,004
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338,829
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1995
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6,434,175
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502,955
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332,115
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118,664
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357,332
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695,734
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378,352
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3,749,845
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299,178
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1996
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6,671,956
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594,283
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383,027
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149,110
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357,039
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707,515
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368,788
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3,776,614
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335,580
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1997
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7,045,937
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484,878
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378,005
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169,301
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399,845
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793,050
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355,152
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4,052,556
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413,150
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Number of Contracts Traded
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1991
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261,422,699
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16,580,052
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19,837,101
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6,926,039
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9,492,757
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31,849,116
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13,871,666
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134,096,949
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28,769,019
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1992
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289,453,855
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17,552,356
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18,585,110
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6,434,312
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9,414,082
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38,416,082
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12,224,278
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148,166,182
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38,661,453
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1993
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325,515,261
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16,006,104
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20,738,245
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5,770,835
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10,754,864
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42,841,813
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15,197,831
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185,397,113
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28,808,456
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1994
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411,056,929
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19,970,008
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20,988,316
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6,137,105
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12,318,572
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50,460,607
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18,231,411
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252,579,136
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30,371,774
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1995
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409,420,426
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21,093,886
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20,687,820
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6,238,509
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12,744,901
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47,944,153
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17,393,317
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259,024,379
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24,293,461
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1996
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394,182,422
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30,217,442
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25,591,703
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7,048,534
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12,018,522
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46,891,524
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16,938,969
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234,261,790
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21,213,938
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1997
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417,341,601
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25,507,498
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27,132,483
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7,550,556
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13,190,755
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51,512,419
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17,093,481
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250,143,412
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25,210,997
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Number of Contracts Settled by Delivery/Cash Settlement
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1991
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1,771,544
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70,006
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184,385
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13,420
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39,448
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42,735
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146,218
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890,212
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385,120
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1992
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1,961,005
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64,200
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177,005
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14,256
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48,273
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55,714
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133,018
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965,403
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503,136
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1993
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2,082,970
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48,573
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179,284
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11,695
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56,840
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62,744
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184,621
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1,035,375
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503,838
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1994
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2,873,454
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76,737
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88,741
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8,366
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44,373
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78,108
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189,502
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1,809,418
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578,209
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1995
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2,995,958
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70,548
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158,003
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12,900
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60,593
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75,209
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157,323
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1,939,909
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521,473
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1996
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2,890,167
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38,226
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172,442
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13,384
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39,406
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87,777
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132,507
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1,903,974
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502,451
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1997
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3,559,079
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36,589
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148,703
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29,683
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38,015
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119,505
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129,977
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2,385,886
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670,721
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