Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 32

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 08/08/2003

(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
08/08/2003 		Change From Previous Week
October 2003 1,265 -140 648 16 3,500 47
December 2003 7,639 -506 7,422 233 43,821 -1,090
March 2004 10,486 19 1,133 0 8,461 -296
May 2004 6,598 -19 1,458 2 2,630 63
July 2004 10,073 -49 57 0 2,349 -52
October 2004 2,000 30 21 0 109 0
December 2004 2,078 -2 23 0 558 -44
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 42,058 -667 10,762 251 61,463 -1,372

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

8/14/2003