CFTC Form 304 Reports for the week ending October 5, 2001 should be faxed to (202) 418-5527 by the close of business on Wednesday, October 10, 2001.
| | Weekly Report No. 39 | | "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures | reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 9/28/01 | | (In Contracts) | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Open Futures | | Call Cotton Based New York | Contracts - New York | | | Cotton Exchange |Futures |-------------------------------------------|---------------------- | | Unfixed | Change | Unfixed | Change | At | Change |Based | Call | From | Call | From | Close | From | | Sales | Prev. | Purchs. | Prev. | | Prev. |On: | | Week | | Week | 9/28/01 | Week |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October '01 8 -41 61 -13 28 -581 |December '01 7,824 -378 18,473 107 40,922 -1,248 |March '02 17,935 -159 9,458 14 9,440 611 |May '02 11,212 -62 3,067 0 5,530 105 |July '02 17,372 -61 809 20 4,172 41 |October '02 2,088 -3 140 0 186 -6 |December '02 2,314 -17 207 0 3,299 251 |March '03 1,007 10 0 0 179 9 |May '03 665 10 0 0 218 0 |July '03 895 -9 0 0 95 12 |October '03 11 0 0 0 0 0 |December '03 80 0 0 0 0 0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Totals: 61,411 -710 32,215 128 64,069 -806 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1/ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future. | |2/ CFTC Form 304 Reports for the week ending October 5, 2001 should be faxed | to (202) 418-5527 by the close of business on Wednesday, October 10, 2001. | |This report is published by the Commission's Division of Economic Analysis. |If you have any questions concerning this report, call Vincent G. Varisano, |Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (917) 225-7817. | |Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time |10/4/01 | |