Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 17**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 04/23/2004

**(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 04/23/2004	Change From Previous Week
May 2004	73	-949	129	-741	4,237	-14,295
July 2004	7,544	-262	1,829	994	52,451	7,677
October 2004	1,648	71	1,332	50	1,119	37
December 2004	6,030	318	6,110	42	20,634	2,432
March 2005	5,453	158	166	0	4,381	451
May 2005	4,019	197	170	0	585	28
July 2005	6,387	651	50	0	760	-39
October 2005	326	93	0	0	2	0
December 2005	1,299	-183	0	0	269	0
March 2006	121	0	0	0	26	0
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	33,144	94	9,836	345	84,464	-3,709
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 4/29/2004