The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. will launch nine Metal Futures Contracts on trade date Monday, December 4, 2006. Please note below the corresponding accountability levels (Rule 9.26), position limits (Rule 9.27) and reportable levels (9.34) for the new contracts.

For the Clearing Members that file reports pursuant to NYMEX Rule 9.33 in a machine-readable format, the Exchange commodity codes are also provided below.

Contract Name	Rule Chapter	Commodity Code	All/ Any One Month Accountability Level	Expiration Month Limit	Expiration Account- ability Level Penultimate Contracts	Expiration Account- ability Level Last Day Contracts	Reporting Level	Aggregate Into (1)	Aggregate Into (2)
			Rule 9.26	Rule 9.27	Rule 9.27A	Rule 9.27A	Rule 9.34
METALS
USA
COMEX miNY Copper Futures	913	QC	5,000	400			25	HG
COMEX miNY Gold Futures	911	QO	6,000	3,000			200	GC
COMEX miNY Silver Future	912	QI	6,000	1,500			150	SI
EUROPE
COMEX London Primary Aluminum Futures	918	LA	6,000	1,500			25	LA
COMEX London Copper	917	LK	5,000	1,500			25	LK
Grade A Futures
COMEX London SHG Zinc Futures	919	LZ	4,000	1,500			25	LZ
ASIA
COMEX Asian Gold Futures	914	QS	6,000	3,000			200	GC
NYMEX Asian Palladium Futures	916	QT	1,000	650			50	PA
NYMEX Asian Platinum Futures	915	QR	1,500	200			200	PL