Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  49

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/05/2003

(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
12/05/2003
Change From Previous Week
December 2003 5 0 0 0 32 -72
March 2004 14,941 -140 9,734 -51 54,986 -913
May 2004 8,636 158 684 -10 13,049 -157
July 2004 16,489 252 227 -30 5,729 35
October 2004 2,310 119 1,010 213 335 -10
December 2004 3,487 332 1,913 359 3,974 -7
March 2005 1,294 69 10 0 703 0
May 2005 1,153 0 0 0 190 0
July 2005 1,856 27 0 0 190 0
December 2005 1,270 -5 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 51,746 812 13,578 481 79,188 -1,124

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
12/11/2003