Notice to Members
Notice No. 330
07/02/2007
Listing Two New Ethanol Swap Contracts on NYMEX ClearPort
Beginning on Sunday evening, July 8 (for trade date Monday, July 9), the Exchange will list two new cash-settled ethanol swap contracts on NYMEX ClearPort®. The first listed month will be the July 2007 contract month. The new ethanol swaps are as follows:

Outright Contracts
Code
Contract Size
Rule
Chicago Ethanol (Platts) Swap
CU
42,000 Gallons
582
New York Ethanol (Platts) Swap
EZ
42,000 Gallons
583


The minimum tick size is $0.0001 per gallon for the new contracts. These new contracts are cash settled, and will be available for clearing and trading until the last business day of the contract month. These new contracts will be listed for 36 consecutive months on a rolling basis. The chapters containing the terms and condition product specification rules for each of the new futures contracts will be available in the Exchange's online rulebook.

These new futures contracts will be listed both on NYMEX ClearPort® Trading (CPT) and on NYMEX ClearPort® Clearing (CPC), beginning with the start of the NYMEX ClearPort® trading session at 6:00 PM (New York time) on Sunday, July 8, 2007. Each of these new futures contracts will be available during the normal trading hours on NYMEX ClearPort® Trading.

The fees for the new Ethanol Contracts are:

CPT Billing rates:
CPC Billing rates:
Cash Settlement fee:
Member
$0.85
Member
$0.85
Member
$0.85
Non-member
$1.35
Non-member
$1.35
Non-member
$1.35
Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com