Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 17**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 04/22/2005

**(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 04/22/2005	Change From Previous Week
May 2005	648	-4,024	414	-1,018	5,622	-20,837
July 2005	14,203	1,078	2,596	703	88,223	13,819
October 2005	5,193	154	741	-2	2,571	-18
December 2005	9,900	299	9,624	571	14,511	248
March 2006	6,060	168	120	0	2,383	54
May 2006	3,285	0	40	10	554	0
July 2006	4,548	45	1,877	333	513	25
October 2006	740	0	0	0	0	0
December 2006	1,618	30	0	0	163	14
March 2007	139	0	0	0	0	0
May 2007	0	0	30	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	48	0	0	0
Totals	46,347	-2,250	15,490	597	114,540	-6,695
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 100 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 4/28/2005