Notice to Members

Notice No. 71
02/19/2008

Outright Margin Rate Changes for Cocoa and Sugar No. 11 Futures Contracts

Effective Date: Thursday, February 21, 2007(close of business)

Contracts: NYMEX Cocoa Futures (CJ); NYMEX Sugar No. 11 Futures (YO)

Contract Months: All Months

NYMEX Division Outright (Scan) Margins For CJ and YO
Tiers	Clearing Member / Maintenance Margin		Member Customer Initial Margin		Non-Member Customer Initial Margin
	New	Old	New	Old	New	Old
CJ	$2,500	$1,800	$2,750	$1,980	$3,375	$2,430
YO	$1,500	$1,000	$1,650	$1,100	$2,025	$1,350

Should you have any questions regarding these changes, please contact William Doherty at (212) 299-2925. This notice supersedes all previous notices regarding margin rates for the NYMEX Softs Futures Contracts.

Should you have any questions or require any further information, please contact exchangeinfo@nymex.com