Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 21

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 05/21/2004

(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
05/21/2004		 Change From Previous Week
July 2004 3,954 -323 1,663 -43 44,159 -2,242
October 2004 1,853 49 1,236 -27 1,442 -87
December 2004 6,257 -166 8,315 37 27,525 2,161
March 2005 6,267 127 157 -9 5,550 255
May 2005 4,632 97 121 -82 1,031 154
July 2005 8,582 837 83 -31 736 -50
October 2005 584 0 0 0 2 0
December 2005 1,498 5 0 0 447 14
March 2006 125 4 0 0 76 0
May 2006 112 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 119 0 50 0 0 0
March 2007 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33,996 630 11,625 -155 80,968 205

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
5/27/2004