CFTC Form 304 Reports for the week ending December 14, 2001 should be faxed to (201)234-6924 or (201)234-6925 by the close of business on Tuesday, December 18, 2001.
| Weekly Report No. 49 | | "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures | reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 12/7/01 | | (In Contracts) | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Open Futures | | Call Cotton Based New York | Contracts - New York | | | Cotton Exchange |Futures |-------------------------------------------|---------------------- | | Unfixed | Change | Unfixed | Change | At | Change |Based | Call | From | Call | From | Close | From | | Sales | Prev. | Purchs. | Prev. | | Prev. |On: | | Week | | Week | 12/7/01 | Week |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December '01 0 0 0 0 0 -131 |March '02 13,642 -492 13,042 294 31,184 -1,027 |May '02 7,635 -427 2,969 -335 9,921 115 |July '02 13,339 -632 1,837 -90 9,507 565 |October '02 1,839 -240 151 0 319 -3 |December '02 2,391 145 322 -2 5,341 496 |March '03 1,155 181 0 0 714 49 |May '03 733 8 49 -37 838 359 |July '03 951 20 120 70 429 100 |October '03 129 43 0 0 10 0 |December '03 101 21 0 0 0 0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Totals: 41,915 -1,373 18,490 -100 58,263 523 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1/ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future. | |This report is published by the Commission's Division of Economic Analysis. |If you have any questions concerning this report, call Vincent G. Varisano, |Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (201) 234-6922. | |Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time |12/13/01 | |