Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  12

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 03/17/2006

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
03/17/2006 		Change From Previous Week
March 2006 0   -162 * 0   0 * 0   -1,792  
May 2006 9,465   -803 * 2,453   -260 * 89,247   732  
July 2006 17,298   -64   8,895   88 * 22,741   4,701  
October 2006 4,721   25   380   -79   661   180  
December 2006 8,216   1,004   7,749   250   13,594   1,951  
March 2007 2,276   63   55   0   1,822   38  
May 2007 1,178   34   290   0   106   0  
July 2007 4,020   406   4,312   162   1,518   42  
October 2007 39   -13   0   0   20   0  
December 2007 1,444   96   0   0   225   161  
March 2008 143   0   0   0   0   0  
May 2008 0   0   248   0   0   0  
March 2009 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 48,813   586 * 24,382   161 * 129,934   6,013  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

* Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

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
3/23/2006