Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 16**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 04/16/2004

**(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 04/16/2004	Change From Previous Week
May 2004	1,022	-792	870	-1,390	18,532	-20,088
July 2004	7,806	-890	835	290	44,774	13,782
October 2004	1,577	-69	1,282	64	1,082	156
December 2004	5,712	295	6,068	488	18,202	2,012
March 2005	5,295	386	166	-21	3,930	153
May 2005	3,822	300	170	0	557	9
July 2005	5,736	299	50	0	799	-44
October 2005	233	49	0	0	2	1
December 2005	1,482	7	0	0	269	78
March 2006	121	0	0	0	26	26
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	50	0	0	0
March 2007	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33,050	-415	9,491	-569	88,173	-3,915
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 Walter Spilka Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 4/22/2004