Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 18**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 04/30/2004

**(In Contracts)**
Futures Based On:	Call Cotton Based New York				Open Futures Contracts New York Board of Trade
Futures Based On:	Unfixed Call Sales	Change From Previous Week	Unfixed Call Purchases	Change From Previous Week	At Close 04/30/2004	Change From Previous Week
May 2004	19	-54	66	-63	1,047	-3,190
July 2004	4,740	-2,804	1,651	-178	50,679	-1,772
October 2004	1,257	-391	1,311	-21	1,633	514
December 2004	5,426	-604	6,886	776	24,635	4,001
March 2005	5,224	-229	166	0	4,816	435
May 2005	3,887	-132	170	0	836	251
July 2005	6,638	251	50	0	757	-3
October 2005	407	81	0	0	2	0
December 2005	1,218	-81	0	0	449	180
March 2006	121	0	0	0	76	50
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	50	0	0	0
March 2007	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	29,181	-3,963	10,350	514	84,930	466
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 5/6/2004