16-27 Free Markets in Urban and Rural Areas

 

Item

1985

1990

1995

1996

1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Free Markets

61337

72579

82892

85391

87105

Urban Areas

8013

13106

19892

20832

22352

Rural Areas

53324

59473

63000

64559

64753

Transaction Value(100 million yuan)

632.3

2168.2

11590.1

14694.9

17424.5

Urban Areas

120.7

837.8

6176.4

7882.5

9468.8

Rural Areas

511.6

1330.4

5413.7

6812.4

7955.7

Of the Transaction Value:

 

 

 

 

 

Grain and Oil

49.6

146.8

904.0

1141.1

1360.6

Meat, Poultry and Eggs

140.1

618.8

2221.3

2754.0

3338.2

Aquatic Products

33.2

182.4

870.1

1134.7

1386.1

Vegetables

48.8

264.2

1202.8

1590.0

1944.6

Dried and Fresh Fruits

25.5

183.5

781.9

980.4

1106.4

Agricultural Producer Goods

13.9

23.0

 

 

 

Large Domestic Animals

32.6

38.3

105.5

123.4

139.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a)       The transaction value by category of commodities in 1985 referred to the data of the rural free markets, and since 1986 the figures have referred to the data of the free markets in both rural and urban areas.