Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 30

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 07/25/2003

(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
07/25/2003		 Change From Previous Week
October��2003 1,749�� -318�� 619�� 23�� 3,439�� -176��
December��2003 8,571�� -84�� 7,103�� 213�� 44,974�� -2,587��
March��2004 10,586�� 322�� 1,121�� 0�� 8,531�� 979��
May��2004 6,636�� 236�� 1,446�� -11�� 2,515�� 12��
July��2004 10,136�� 373�� 45�� 0�� 2,429�� 146��
October��2004 1,903�� 7�� 17�� 0�� 109�� 0��
Decembe��2004 1,992�� 0�� 23�� 0�� 595�� 57��
March��2005 572�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 10�� 0��
May��2005 306�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 25�� 0��
July��2005 606�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 0��
December��2005 435�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 0��
Totals 43,492�� 536�� 10,374�� 225�� 62,627�� -1,569��

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

7/31/2003