Cotton On Call Report No. 47, for the week ending November 22, 2002,
will be published on Friday, November 29, 2002 because of the Thanksgiving Holiday.
| Weekly Report No. 46 | | "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures | reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 11/15/02 | | (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 | 11/15/02| Week |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December '02 3,991 -444 3,542 -1,240 20,957 -23,156 |March '03 9,708 436 971 -82 38,334 16,650 |May '03 9,380 240 2,563 366 15,441 1,310 |July '03 15,398 551 212 -458 5,384 165 |October '03 3,550 101 86 4 249 27 |December '03 3,238 -22 33 -12 2,839 273 |March '04 342 9 0 -9 168 0 |May '04 131 -1 0 0 258 19 |July '04 153 0 0 0 207 0 |October '04 0 0 0 0 0 0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Totals: 45,891 870 7,407 -1,431 83,837 -4,712 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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 (646) 746-9775. | |Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time |11/21/02 | |