Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 28**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/11/2003

**(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 07/11/2003	Change From Previous Week
July 2003	49	0	0	0	15	-46
October 2003	2,180	-254	521	5	3,499	-627
December 2003	10,336	1,503	6,378	-557	48,052	4,609
March 2004	10,016	258	1,119	-2	7,025	590
May 2004	6,403	81	1,463	-18	2,518	220
July 2004	9,645	-40	45	-132	2,185	229
October 2004	1,800	44	17	0	109	27
December 2004	1,962	16	23	0	555	66
March 2005	572	0	0	0	10	0
May 2005	306	0	0	0	25	0
July 2005	606	0	0	0	0	0
December 2005	435	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	44,310	1,608	9,566	-704	63,993	5,068
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 7/17/2003