Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 11**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 03/12/2004

**(In Contracts)**
Futures Based On:	Call Cotton Based New York				Open Futures Contracts New York Board of Trade
Futures Based On:	Unfixed Call Sales	Change From Previous Week	Unfixed Call Purchases	Change From Previous Week	At Close 03/12/2004	Change From Previous Week
March 2004	20	0	58	-66	35	-61
May 2004	3,296	-1,393	2,780	-308	51,722	3,610
July 2004	11,143	-2,580	596	62	17,652	2,486
October 2004	1,647	-233	1,131	8	852	123
December 2004	4,781	-147	5,004	307	10,868	801
March 2005	3,074	88	191	0	2,462	210
May 2005	2,433	33	170	0	393	0
July 2005	3,223	19	50	0	589	20
October 2005	34	0	0	0	1	0
December 2005	1,435	0	0	0	188	22
March 2006	53	13	0	0	0	0
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	50	0	0	0
March 2007	0	-13	0	0	0	0
Totals	31,370	-4,213	10,030	3	84,762	7,211
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future. This report is published by the Commission's Division of Market Oversight. If you have any questions concerning this report, call Walter Spilka Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 3/18/2004