Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 26

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 06/27/2003

(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
06/27/2003
Change From Previous Week
July��2003 49 -953 376 -122 137 -4,055
October��2003 2,486 16 482 28 3,398 1
December��2003 8,348 1,191 6,890 133 41,731 -152
March��2004 9,592 1,664 1,121 0 5,973 113
May��2004 5,885 1,234 42 0 2,292 19
July��2004 9,167 2,445 177 132 1,820 -29
October��2004 1,809 67 17 0 82 0
December��2004 1,919 730 23 0 489 0
March��2005 145 30 0 0 10 0
May��2005 16 16 0 0 25 25
July��2005 26 26 0 0 0 0
Totals 39,442 6,466 9,128 171 55,957 -4,078

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
7/3/2003