Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  14

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 03/31/2006

(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
03/31/2006 		Change From Previous Week
May 2006 5,211   -349 * 1,978   10 * 80,037   -10,836  
July 2006 15,066   -213   9,245   547   34,519   8,258  
October 2006 4,727   -140   1,293   200   1,444   3  
December 2006 9,646   917   9,206   676   17,916   2,332  
March 2007 3,576   564   59   4   2,168   89  
May 2007 1,721   143   294   4   106   0  
July 2007 5,338   302   4,285   0   1,374   6  
October 2007 101   0   0   0   16   -4  
December 2007 1,465   34   0   0   429   20  
March 2008 261   118   0   0   0   0  
May 2008 0   0   248   0   0   0  
March 2009 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 47,125   1,376 * 26,608   1,441 * 138,009   -132  

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

* Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for the previous 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
04/06/2006