Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  15

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 04/09/2004

(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
04/09/2004		 Change From Previous Week
May 2004 1,814   -119   2,260   -368   38,620   -7,232  
July 2004 8,696   -465   545   111   30,992   6,822  
October 2004 1,646   51   1,218   5   926   34  
December 2004 5,417   27   5,580   66   16,190   337  
March 2005 4,909   519   187   0   3,777   128  
May 2005 3,522   341   170   0   548   5  
July 2005 5,437   750   50   0   843   13  
October 2005 184   40   0   0   1   0  
December 2005 1,475   0   0   0   191   0  
March 2006 121   -112   0   0   0   0  
May 2006 112   112   0   0   0   0  
July 2006 119   0   50   0   0   0  
March 2007 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 33,465   1,144   10,060   -186   92,088   107  

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
4/15/2004