CFTC Form 304 Reports for the week ending December 7, 2001 should be faxed to (201) 234-6924 or (201) 234-6925 by the close of business on Tuesday, December 11, 2001.
| Weekly Report No. 48 | | "On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures | reported by merchants in special account status 1/ as of 11/30/01 | | (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 | 11/30/01| Week |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December '01 0 -200 0 -280 131 -1,990 |March '02 14,134 -643 12,748 1,597 32,211 2,053 |May '02 8,062 -220 3,304 -3 9,806 2,538 |July '02 13,971 -432 1,927 231 8,942 1,623 |October '02 2,079 60 151 0 322 -17 |December '02 2,246 -159 324 0 4,845 3 |March '03 974 -42 0 0 665 75 |May '03 725 15 86 44 479 102 |July '03 931 4 50 0 329 71 |October '03 86 16 0 0 10 0 |December '03 80 0 0 0 0 0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Totals: 43,288 -1,601 18,590 1,589 57,740 4,458 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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 (201) 234-6922. | |Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time |12/6/01 | |