Cotton On-Call Report

Cotton On Call Report No. 47, for the week ending November 21, 2003, will be published on Friday, November 28, 2003 at 3:00 p.m. because of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weekly Report 46

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/14/2003

(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
11/14/2003 		Change From Previous Week
December 2003 3,226 -9,054 3,397 -1,034 10,686 -20,861
March 2004 18,384 -563 8,777 285 65,554 11,365
May 2004 9,267 602 718 -240 12,251 1,703
July 2004 16,553 847 130 0 4,762 299
October 2004 2,275 100 682 7 280 -2
December 2004 2,890 37 1,195 -44 4,018 -94
March 2005 1,178 0 0 -44 372 32
May 2005 1,155 0 0 0 76 0
July 2005 1,844 0 0 0 0 0
December 2005 1,270 0 0 0 0 0
March 2006 74 0 0 0 0 0
May 2006 112 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 119 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 58,347 -8,031 14,899 -1,070 97,999 -7,558

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
11/20/2003