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| Weekly Report No. 43 | | "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures | reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 10/26/01 | | (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 | 10/26/01| Week |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December '01 6,092 -368 13,954 -1,353 29,595 -3,366 |March '02 15,203 -705 8,981 -19 12,642 1,044 |May '02 9,176 -1,048 3,101 -1 5,378 -317 |July '02 16,034 -183 1,139 318 5,460 536 |October '02 1,748 -63 151 0 216 36 |December '02 2,336 9 207 0 3,896 171 |March '03 1,079 51 0 0 468 55 |May '03 744 45 0 0 234 14 |July '03 927 0 0 0 147 35 |October '03 70 0 0 0 0 0 |December '03 80 0 0 0 0 0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Totals: 53,489 -2,262 27,533 -1,055 58,036 -1,792 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1/ Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future. | |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 |11/1/01 | |