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| Weekly Report No. 15 | | "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures | reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 4/12/02 | | (In Contracts) | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 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 | 4/12/02 | Week |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May '02 1,560 -2,079 1,553 -2,453 10,422 -8,805 |July '02 7,753 -1,311 2,321 -806 28,110 5,611 |October '02 2,556 163 447 256 804 64 |December '02 3,966 47 3,944 -293 17,135 244 |March '03 3,102 237 86 0 1,829 22 |May '03 2,278 370 95 1 1,443 117 |July '03 2,707 327 390 2 781 1 |October '03 717 247 0 0 38 0 |December '03 611 110 0 0 171 0 |March '04 0 0 0 0 25 0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Totals: 25,250 -1,889 8,836 -3,293 60,758 -2,746 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1/ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future. | | |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 (201) 234-6922. | |Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time |4/18/02 | |