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 01/09/2004

(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
01/09/2004 		Change From Previous Week
March 2004 11,320 -1,941 6,691 -2,098 62,763 3,180
May 2004 8,158 136 863 116 14,802 2,419
July 2004 16,817 91 289 17 6,594 729
October 2004 2,299 -19 1,004 21 347 3
December 2004 3,132 -277 2,598 406 4,852 698
March 2005 2,104 672 8 0 783 71
May 2005 670 -540 79 0 217 7
July 2005 1,994 72 0 0 206 16
December 2005 1,332 62 0 0 106 106
March 2006 74 0 0 0 0 0
May 2006 112 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 119 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 48,131 -1,744 11,532 -1,538 90,670 7,229

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
1/15/2004