Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 27**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/03/2003

**(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 07/03/2003	Change From Previous Week
July 2003	49	0	0	-376	61	-76
October 2003	2,434	-52	516	34	4,126	728
December 2003	8,833	485	6,935	45	43,443	1,712
March 2004	9,758	166	1,121	0	6,435	462
May 2004	6,322	437	1,481	1,439	2,298	6
July 2004	9,685	518	177	0	1,956	136
October 2004	1,756	-53	17	0	82	0
December 2004	1,946	27	23	0	489	0
March 2005	572	427	0	0	10	0
May 2005	306	290	0	0	25	0
July 2005	606	580	0	0	0	0
December 2005	435	435	0	0	0	0
Totals	42,702	3,260	10,270	1,142	58,925	2,968
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 7/10/2003