Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 25

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 06/20/2003

(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
06/20/2003
Change From Previous Week
July  2003 1,002   -192   498   -319   4,192   -17,671  
October  2003 2,470   -127   454   58   3,397   -22  
December  2003 7,157   485   6,757   406   41,883   3,905  
March  2004 7,928   854   1,121   0   5,860   67  
May  2004 4,651   489   42   0   2,273   64  
July  2004 6,722   866   45   0   1,849   -25  
October  2004 1,742   210   17   0   82   -14  
December  2004 1,189   50   23   0   489   3  
March  2005 115   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 32,976   2,635   8,957   145   60,035   -13,693  

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 Vincent G. Varisano
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
6/26/2003