Cotton On Call Report
| Weekly Report No. 26
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| "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
| reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 6/29/01
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| (In Contracts)
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| | | Open Futures
| | Call Cotton Based New York | Contracts - New York
| | | Cotton Exchange
|Futures |-------------------------------------------|----------------------
| | Unfixed | Change | Unfixed | Change | At | Change
|Based | Call | From | Call | From | Close | From
| | Sales | Prev. | Purchs. | Prev. | | Prev.
|On: | | Week | | Week | 6/29/01 | Week
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|July '01 0 -28 0 -1,366 625 -3,080
|October '01 1,134 -87 1,648 848 3,984 14
|December '01 6,484 -496 12,543 1,110 39,308 -263
|March '02 15,615 -52 5,076 0 5,561 321
|May '02 9,135 118 221 0 4,022 166
|July '02 15,009 141 264 54 2,604 188
|October '02 1,718 23 140 0 157 2
|December '02 1,410 -97 192 0 1,951 22
|March '03 158 -1 0 0 120 0
|May '03 293 -10 0 0 18 -16
|July '03 216 138 0 0 0 0
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| Totals: 51,172 -351 20,084 646 58,350 -2,646
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|1/ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.
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|This report is published by the Commission's Division of Economic Analysis.
|If you have any questions concerning this report, call Vincent G. Varisano,
|Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (212) 488-1311.
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|Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
|7/5/01
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