Cotton On Call Report
| Weekly Report No. 16
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| "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
| reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 4/20/01
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| (In Contracts)
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| | | 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 | 4/20/01 | Week
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|May '01 610 -1,148 3,062 -2,480 4,673 -12,971
|July '01 7,519 96 4,470 1,747 33,455 7,414
|October '01 1,976 -65 512 -61 1,227 -7
|December '01 6,755 44 6,014 1,828 20,330 534
|March '02 15,530 290 5,015 0 2,919 152
|May '02 7,414 357 0 0 2,414 22
|July '02 12,003 415 0 0 1,163 0
|October '02 1,256 60 0 0 155 0
|December '02 699 0 142 0 1,127 120
|March '03 72 0 0 0 45 0
|May '03 142 105 0 0 0 0
|July '03 216 138 0 0 0 0
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| Totals: 54,192 292 19,215 1,034 67,508 -4,736
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|1/ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.
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|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 (212) 488-1311.
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|Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
|4/26/01
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