Cotton On-Call Report

Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  49

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/01/2006

(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
12/01/2006 		Change From Previous Week
December 2006 0   -22   73   0   763   -1,046  
March 2007 13,106   -905   4,469   -245   111,808   2,104  
May 2007 8,818   -244   827   -11   18,543   2,200  
July 2007 15,587   -128   3,876   -113   10,376   316  
October 2007 3,069   -80   149   -13   165   30  
December 2007 4,863   558   2,483   23   17,052   1,107  
March 2008 1,230   66   0   0   1,025   0  
May 2008 167   0   273   -95   110   0  
July 2008 1,082   -286   457   360   442   14  
October 2008 0   0   0   0   6   0  
December 2008 547   396   0   0   0   0  
March 2009 98   27   0   0   0   0  
March 2010 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 48,580   -618   12,607   -94   160,290   4,725  

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
12/07/2006