9-4 RETAIL PRICE INDICES BY CATEGORY OF COMMODITIES (1998)
(preceding year=100)
Item	National	Urban	Rural
	Indices	Indices	Indices
General Retail Price Index	97.4	97.4	97.6
Food	96.8	96.9	96.6
Grain	96.9	96.6	97.1
Flour and Rice	97.1	97.0	97.3
Coares Food Grain	94.6	92.7	96.3
Oil or Fat	100.7	102.1	98.4
Meal, Poultry and Eggs	92.6	93.0	91.9
Aquatic Products	94.2	94.5	93.4
Fresh Vegetables	100.3	99.3	102.0
Dried Vegetables	98.2	98.8	97.4
Fresh Fruits	95.7	95.2	96.7
Dried Fruits	94.8	94.3	95.5
Other Food	99.2	99.7	98.5
Condiments	99.3	99.0	99.6
Sugar	92.8	93.8	91.8
Candy	99.7	99.5	99.9
Cake	100.7	100.8	100.5
Milk and Its Products	100.0	100.4	98.7
Canned Food	101.7	102.2	100.8
Catering Trade	101.1	101.1	101.1
Staple Food	101.1	101.8	99.8
Fried Dishes	100.7	100.5	101.3
Local Snack	102.5	102.4	102.6
Beverages, Tobacco and Liquor	98.8	98.6	99.1
Beverages	99.1	98.6	99.9
Tobacco and Liquor	98.7	98.5	98.9
Garments, Shoes and Hats	99.3	99.0	99.7
Garments	98.5	98.2	99.0
Shoes	99.8	99.6	100.1
Other Clothing	102.0	102.4	101.4
Textiles	99.1	99.0	99.3
Cotton Cloth	100.2	100.3	100.0
Blend Cloth	99.4	98.8	100.0
Chemical Fiber Cloth	97.0	95.6	98.5
Woolen Fabric	99.5	99.4	99.7
Silk	99.8	99.9	99.5
Other Textiles	99.6	100.1	98.8
Traditional Chinese and Western Medicines	102.8	102.8	102.7
Traditional Chinese Medicine	108.1	108.7	107.1
Western Medicine	99.1	98.7	99.8
Medical Articles	101.0	100.8	101.6
Cosmetics	100.5	100.8	99.9
Newspapers and Magazines	105.1	105.7	104.2
Cultural and Sports Goods	99.0	98.3	100.4
Cultural Goods	98.4	97.6	100.1
Sports Goods	100.8	100.6	101.3
Articles for Daily Use	99.0	98.9	99.3
Ordinary Articles for Daily Use	99.5	99.6	99.3
Furniture	97.9	97.5	98.9
Sundries for Daily Use	99.8	99.7	100.1
Household Appliances	93.9	93.9	93.9
Jewelry	90.9	90.4	92.3
Fuels	96.1	97.0	94.7
Building Decoration Materials	97.1	97.5	96.6
Mechanical and Electrical Products	92.3	91.6	94.9

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