Cotton On Call Report
| Weekly Report No. 24
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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 6/15/01
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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 | 6/15/01 | Week
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|July '01 1,985 -1,942 4,416 -402 17,063 -7,031
|October '01 1,328 -58 732 45 2,287 556
|December '01 6,878 -151 8,534 213 34,352 6,492
|March '02 15,791 -590 5,123 0 5,009 346
|May '02 9,301 -101 61 0 3,843 -152
|July '02 15,025 -31 230 0 2,090 386
|October '02 1,646 -13 140 0 155 0
|December '02 1,585 570 192 0 1,955 64
|March '03 162 -5 0 0 120 20
|May '03 332 12 0 0 15 14
|July '03 78 -105 0 0 0 0
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| Totals: 54,111 -2,414 19,428 -144 66,889 695
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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
|6/21/01
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