Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 49**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 12/05/2003

**(In Contracts)**
Futures Based On:	Call Cotton Based New York				Open Futures Contracts New York Board of Trade
Futures Based On:	Unfixed Call Sales	Change From Previous Week	Unfixed Call Purchases	Change From Previous Week	At Close 12/05/2003	Change From Previous Week
December 2003	5	0	0	0	32	-72
March 2004	14,941	-140	9,734	-51	54,986	-913
May 2004	8,636	158	684	-10	13,049	-157
July 2004	16,489	252	227	-30	5,729	35
October 2004	2,310	119	1,010	213	335	-10
December 2004	3,487	332	1,913	359	3,974	-7
March 2005	1,294	69	10	0	703	0
May 2005	1,153	0	0	0	190	0
July 2005	1,856	27	0	0	190	0
December 2005	1,270	-5	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	51,746	812	13,578	481	79,188	-1,124
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 12/11/2003