Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 36**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/05/2003

**(In Contracts)**
Futures Based On:	Call Cotton Based New York				Open Futures Contracts New York Board of Trade
Futures Based On:	Unfixed Call Sales	Change From Previous Week	Unfixed Call Purchases	Change From Previous Week	At Close 09/05/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	1,045	-5	543	-125	3,020	-175
December 2003	7,752	180	7,318	82	44,265	-1,249
March 2004	11,103	157	1,237	0	10,435	419
May 2004	6,994	109	1,615	10	3,106	128
July 2004	11,027	201	79	0	2,408	64
October 2004	2,233	38	25	0	110	0
December 2004	2,601	99	23	0	671	41
March 2005	580	-1	0	0	17	0
May 2005	538	-1	0	0	25	0
July 2005	864	-1	0	0	0	0
December 2005	679	-2	0	0	0	0
March 2006	61	-1	0	0	0	0
May 2006	112	-1	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	-1	0	0	0	0
Totals	45,708	771	10,840	-33	64,057	-772
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 9/11/2003