Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  13

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 03/26/2004

(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
03/26/2004
Change From Previous Week
May 2004 2,497 -649 2,760 -94 48,130 -3,485
July 2004 10,297 -767 531 -76 20,934 2,066
October 2004 1,671 -2 1,131 -1 928 41
December 2004 5,189 77 5,319 181 13,099 1,054
March 2005 4,357 643 191 0 3,129 323
May 2005 2,840 354 170 0 399 16
July 2005 3,950 674 50 -5 716 15
October 2005 144 0 0 0 1 0
December 2005 1,475 0 0 0 188 0
March 2006 60 0 0 0 0 0
May 2006 61 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 119 0 50 0 0 0
March 2007 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32,673 330 10,202 5 87,524 30

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
4/1/2004