Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 27**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/02/2004

**(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 07/02/2004	Change From Previous Week
July 2004	83	12	50	-18	105	-104
October 2004	1,219	159	1,890	366	3,793	138
December 2004	8,081	27	9,117	247	53,791	2,499
March 2005	8,828	40	173	30	11,174	1,430
May 2005	6,182	-393	203	0	2,286	457
July 2005	13,118	678	117	3	1,391	218
October 2005	848	162	0	0	24	0
December 2005	1,817	-307	0	0	1,165	168
March 2006	182	20	0	0	79	0
May 2006	529	334	0	0	0	0
July 2006	663	467	50	0	0	0
October 2006	27	0	0	0	0	0
December 2006	61	0	0	0	0	0
March 2007	13	-61	0	0	0	0
May 2007	61	61	0	0	0	0
Totals	41,712	1,199	11,600	628	73,808	4,806
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 7/8/2004