Cotton On Call Report
| Weekly Report No. 7
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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 2/16/01
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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 | 2/16/01 | Week
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|March '01 943 -673 1,892 -419 9,390 -15,043
|May '01 5,252 -675 7,094 -27 33,092 7,348
|July '01 15,150 -420 2,855 -222 13,553 747
|October '01 1,538 13 474 18 942 -201
|December '01 4,451 642 1,861 130 12,403 575
|March '02 10,614 836 5,015 -40 1,248 72
|May '02 3,777 380 0 -31 763 76
|July '02 6,339 851 0 0 1,002 8
|October '02 613 320 0 0 5 0
|December '02 239 48 142 0 24 0
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| Totals: 48,916 1,322 19,333 -591 72,422 -6,418
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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
|2/22/01
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