Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 30

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 07/25/2003

(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
07/25/2003		 Change From Previous Week
October  2003 1,749   -318   619   23   3,439   -176  
December  2003 8,571   -84   7,103   213   44,974   -2,587  
March  2004 10,586   322   1,121   0   8,531   979  
May  2004 6,636   236   1,446   -11   2,515   12  
July  2004 10,136   373   45   0   2,429   146  
October  2004 1,903   7   17   0   109   0  
Decembe  2004 1,992   0   23   0   595   57  
March  2005 572   0   0   0   10   0  
May  2005 306   0   0   0   25   0  
July  2005 606   0   0   0   0   0  
December  2005 435   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 43,492   536   10,374   225   62,627   -1,569  

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 Vincent G. Varisano
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

7/31/2003