Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  2

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 01/07/2005

(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
01/07/2005 		Change From Previous Week
March 2005 7,576 16 2,420 -435 57,004 5,991
May 2005 7,233 59 1,082 -100 11,696 932
July 2005 13,654 29 717 10 11,006 70
October 2005 2,818 110 141 0 393 118
December 2005 4,239 202 511 -33 6,223 -391
March 2006 461 0 0 0 963 -9
May 2006 892 20 0 0 412 0
July 2006 949 20 182 0 163 0
October 2006 92 0 0 0 0 0
December 2006 134 0 0 0 0 0
March 2007 26 0 0 0 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38,087 456 5,053 -558 87,860 6,711

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.

Effective January 20, 2005, the level of special account status in cotton will
increase from futures positions of 50 contracts or more in one future to
100 contracts or more.



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
1/13/2005