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| Weekly Report No. 47 | | "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures | reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 11/23/01 | | (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 | 11/23/01| Week |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December '01 200 -1,052 280 -3,766 2,121 -10,162 |March '02 14,777 311 11,151 1,777 30,158 5,044 |May '02 8,282 71 3,307 342 7,268 330 |July '02 14,403 -92 1,696 178 7,319 -8 |October '02 2,019 -27 151 0 339 -17 |December '02 2,405 141 324 27 4,842 238 |March '03 1,016 0 0 0 590 10 |May '03 710 0 42 13 377 5 |July '03 927 0 50 -1 258 10 |October '03 70 0 0 0 10 0 |December '03 80 0 0 0 0 0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Totals: 44,889 -648 17,001 -1,430 53,282 -4,550 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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 |11/29/01 | |