Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report��14

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 04/02/2004

(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
04/02/2004		 Change From Previous Week
May 2004 1,933�� -564�� 2,628�� -132�� 45,852�� -2,278��
July 2004 9,161�� -1,136�� 434�� -97�� 24,170�� 3,236��
October 2004 1,595�� -76�� 1,213�� 82�� 892�� -36��
December 2004 5,390�� 201�� 5,514�� 195�� 15,853�� 2,754��
March 2005 4,390�� 33�� 187�� -4�� 3,649�� 520��
May 2005 3,181�� 341�� 170�� 0�� 543�� 144��
July 2005 4,687�� 737�� 50�� 0�� 830�� 114��
October 2005 144�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 1�� 0��
December 2005 1,475�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 191�� 3��
March 2006 233�� 173�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 0��
May 2006 0�� -61�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 0��
July 2006 119�� 0�� 50�� 0�� 0�� 0��
March 2007 13�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 0�� 0��
Totals 32,321�� -352�� 10,246�� 44�� 91,981�� 4,457��

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 Walter Spilka
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
4/8/2004