Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 35**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 08/29/2003

**(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 08/29/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	1,050	-25	668	-33	3,195	-36
December 2003	7,572	-45	7,236	-88	45,514	679
March 2004	10,946	172	1,237	-12	10,016	-88
May 2004	6,885	119	1,605	-59	2,978	28
July 2004	10,826	103	79	12	2,344	-25
October 2004	2,195	91	25	4	110	0
December 2004	2,502	126	23	0	630	1
March 2005	581	15	0	0	17	0
May 2005	539	0	0	0	25	0
July 2005	865	0	0	0	0	0
December 2005	681	0	0	0	0	0
March 2006	62	0	0	0	0	0
May 2006	113	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	120	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	44,937	556	10,873	-176	64,829	559
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 9/4/2003