Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  6

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 02/06/2004

(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
02/06/2004 		Change From Previous Week
March 2004 5,379 -55 4,204 427 35,412 -11,367
May 2004 7,357 441 1,611 474 31,292 5,309
July 2004 16,189 -92 * 417 89 * 9,604 1,571
October 2004 2,124 -10 1,085 23 548 14
December 2004 4,607 721 3,650 190 6,463 430
March 2005 2,215 -543 89 81 937 33
May 2005 1,742 154 77 -2 339 120
July 2005 2,564 181 0 0 237 28
December 2005 1,403 0 0 0 113 0
March 2006 74 0 0 0 0 0
May 2006 112 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 119 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 43,885 797 * 11,133 1,282 * 84,945 -3,862

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.

* Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

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
2/12/2004