Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 34**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 08/22/2003

**(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 08/22/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	1,075	12 *	701	-10 *	3,231	-140
December 2003	7,617	103 *	7,324	-135 *	44,835	1,749
March 2004	10,774	-111 *	1,249	72	10,104	990
May 2004	6,766	-185 *	1,664	265 *	2,950	241
July 2004	10,723	1 *	67	0 *	2,369	23
October 2004	2,104	16	21	0	110	0
December 2004	2,376	-107 *	23	0	629	25
March 2005	566	-5	0	0	17	6
May 2005	539	233	0	0	25	0
July 2005	865	259	0	0	0	0
December 2005	681	246	0	0	0	0
March 2006	62	62	0	0	0	0
May 2006	113	113	0	0	0	0
July 2006	120	120	0	0	0	0
Totals	44,381	757 *	11,049	192 *	64,270	2,894
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future. *Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week. 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 8/28/2003