Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 26

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 06/27/2003

(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
06/27/2003 		Change From Previous Week
July  2003 49 -953 376 -122 137 -4,055
October  2003 2,486 16 482 28 3,398 1
December  2003 8,348 1,191 6,890 133 41,731 -152
March  2004 9,592 1,664 1,121 0 5,973 113
May  2004 5,885 1,234 42 0 2,292 19
July  2004 9,167 2,445 177 132 1,820 -29
October  2004 1,809 67 17 0 82 0
December  2004 1,919 730 23 0 489 0
March  2005 145 30 0 0 10 0
May  2005 16 16 0 0 25 25
July  2005 26 26 0 0 0 0
Totals 39,442 6,466 9,128 171 55,957 -4,078

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
7/3/2003