Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 45

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/07/2003

(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
11/07/2003
Change From Previous Week
December 2003 12,280 -4,244 4,431 -3,237 31,547 -18,549
March 2004 18,947 -1,476 8,492 -281 54,189 8,731
May 2004 8,665 180 958 48 10,548 440
July 2004 15,706 572 130 44 4,463 183
October 2004 2,175 -66 675 214 282 -1
December 2004 2,853 161 1,239 241 4,112 292
March 2005 1,178 -1 44 44 340 8
May 2005 1,155 0 0 0 76 0
July 2005 1,844 0 0 0 0 0
December 2005 1,270 0 0 0 0 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 66,378 -4,874 15,969 -2,927 105,557 -8,896

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
11/13/2003