Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  8

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 02/20/2004

(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
02/20/2004
Change From Previous Week
March 2004 167 -2,083 265 -1,945 1,213 -12,998
May 2004 5,233 370 3,500 1,456 54,048 7,678
July 2004 14,035 -909 546 123 14,188 3,099
October 2004 1,962 4 1,099 1 595 15
December 2004 3,915 194 3,946 170 7,413 1,037
March 2005 2,284 61 149 49 1,124 161
May 2005 1,936 102 165 0 336 -3
July 2005 2,831 167 0 0 436 193
October 2005 21 21 0 0 0 0
December 2005 1,417 14 0 0 160 0
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 34,106 -2,059 9,670 -146 79,513 -818

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 Walter Spilka
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
2/26/2004