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   9-7 RETAIL PRICE INDICES BY CATEGORY OF COMMODITIES BY REGION  | 
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   Grain  | 
  
   Oil  | 
  
   Meat and  | 
  
   Aquatic  | 
  
   Vegetables  | 
  
   Fresh  | 
  
   Dried  | 
  
   Catering  | 
  
   Tobacco  | 
  
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   or Fat  | 
  
   Poultry & Eggs  | 
  
   Products  | 
  
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   Fruits  | 
  
   Fruits  | 
  
   Trade  | 
  
   and Liquor  | 
  
   Hats  | 
  
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   Western  | 
  
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   Magazines  | 
  
   Goods  | 
 
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   Medicines  | 
  
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   1994  | 
  
   121.7  | 
  
   135.2  | 
  
   148.7  | 
  
   161.4  | 
  
   137.2  | 
  
   120.7  | 
  
   138.2  | 
  
   119.4  | 
  
   125.5  | 
  
   128.2  | 
  
   111.3  | 
  
   119.6  | 
  
   114.7  | 
  
   111.8  | 
  
   116.4  | 
  
   133.5  | 
  
   109.8  | 
 
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   1995  | 
  
   114.8  | 
  
   124.7  | 
  
   134.4  | 
  
   116.3  | 
  
   124.2  | 
  
   114.2  | 
  
   129.3  | 
  
   120.4  | 
  
   124.4  | 
  
   123.5  | 
  
   107.8  | 
  
   116.8  | 
  
   115.4  | 
  
   111.5  | 
  
   109.9  | 
  
   115.2  | 
  
   108.9  | 
 
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   1996  | 
  
   106.1  | 
  
   107.7  | 
  
   107.5  | 
  
   92.1  | 
  
   106.4  | 
  
   105.6  | 
  
   118.4  | 
  
   102.8  | 
  
   110.3  | 
  
   108.6  | 
  
   105.1  | 
  
   108.5  | 
  
   106.4  | 
  
   108.8  | 
  
   105.0  | 
  
   136.9  | 
  
   106.7  | 
 
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   1997  | 
  
   100.8  | 
  
   99.8  | 
  
   92.1  | 
  
   101.6  | 
  
   101.3  | 
  
   101.2  | 
  
   99.5  | 
  
   92.1  | 
  
   106.6  | 
  
   104.7  | 
  
   101.2  | 
  
   103.5  | 
  
   101.9  | 
  
   104.4  | 
  
   102.3  | 
  
   112.8  | 
  
   101.7  | 
 
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   1998  | 
  
   97.4  | 
  
   96.8  | 
  
   96.9  | 
  
   100.7  | 
  
   92.6  | 
  
   94.2  | 
  
   100.3  | 
  
   95.7  | 
  
   94.8  | 
  
   101.1  | 
  
   98.8  | 
  
   99.3  | 
  
   99.1  | 
  
   102.8  | 
  
   100.5  | 
  
   105.1  | 
  
   99.0  | 
 
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   Beijing   | 
  
   98.3  | 
  
   96.9  | 
  
   96.4  | 
  
   103.3  | 
  
   94.4  | 
  
   94.8  | 
  
   94.8  | 
  
   89.5  | 
  
   96.2  | 
  
   101.7  | 
  
   99.3  | 
  
   106.4  | 
  
   99.9  | 
  
   108.6  | 
  
   96.7  | 
  
   105.8  | 
  
   98.1  | 
 
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   Tianjin   | 
  
   96.6  | 
  
   98.0  | 
  
   94.6  | 
  
   104.2  | 
  
   96.3  | 
  
   97.9  | 
  
   97.5  | 
  
   99.9  | 
  
   89.0  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   96.3  | 
  
   96.8  | 
  
   94.6  | 
  
   101.3  | 
  
   95.7  | 
  
   116.2  | 
  
   95.3  | 
 
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   Hebei   | 
  
   97.7  | 
  
   95.7  | 
  
   93.4  | 
  
   101.2  | 
  
   92.6  | 
  
   96.2  | 
  
   92.4  | 
  
   91.4  | 
  
   93.1  | 
  
   100.8  | 
  
   99.4  | 
  
   100.3  | 
  
   99.9  | 
  
   101.8  | 
  
   100.2  | 
  
   102.7  | 
  
   102.3  | 
 
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   Shanxi   | 
  
   97.0  | 
  
   94.9  | 
  
   94.1  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   93.6  | 
  
   95.8  | 
  
   90.9  | 
  
   91.7  | 
  
   90.1  | 
  
   100.0  | 
  
   98.5  | 
  
   98.7  | 
  
   98.8  | 
  
   103.5  | 
  
   103.0  | 
  
   114.2  | 
  
   100.7  | 
 
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   Inner Mongolia  | 
  
   98.1  | 
  
   96.5  | 
  
   95.8  | 
  
   100.5  | 
  
   94.7  | 
  
   95.1  | 
  
   95.0  | 
  
   91.7  | 
  
   95.0  | 
  
   101.3  | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   99.3  | 
  
   99.4  | 
  
   102.7  | 
  
   101.0  | 
  
   104.3  | 
  
   99.8  | 
 
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   Liaoning   | 
  
   97.6  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   96.3  | 
  
   105.7  | 
  
   94.6  | 
  
   96.1  | 
  
   95.3  | 
  
   98.3  | 
  
   91.8  | 
  
   99.8  | 
  
   98.5  | 
  
   99.0  | 
  
   98.8  | 
  
   101.9  | 
  
   102.5  | 
  
   103.0  | 
  
   97.2  | 
 
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   Jilin   | 
  
   97.9  | 
  
   97.0  | 
  
   97.9  | 
  
   105.6  | 
  
   94.8  | 
  
   93.9  | 
  
   94.7  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   94.6  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   102.8  | 
  
   99.2  | 
  
   99.3  | 
  
   99.9  | 
  
   101.8  | 
  
   107.0  | 
  
   96.6  | 
 
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   Heilongjiang   | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   97.8  | 
  
   99.1  | 
  
   107.0  | 
  
   94.5  | 
  
   93.0  | 
  
   91.5  | 
  
   100.7  | 
  
   94.2  | 
  
   102.4  | 
  
   99.1  | 
  
   99.8  | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   102.7  | 
  
   100.9  | 
  
   105.5  | 
  
   99.4  | 
 
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   Shanghai   | 
  
   95.1  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   93.4  | 
  
   106.9  | 
  
   92.1  | 
  
   94.1  | 
  
   111.6  | 
  
   88.5  | 
  
   103.5  | 
  
   101.9  | 
  
   95.4  | 
  
   89.6  | 
  
   97.5  | 
  
   102.2  | 
  
   98.7  | 
  
   102.9  | 
  
   97.1  | 
 
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   Jiangsu   | 
  
   98.2  | 
  
   98.2  | 
  
   103.6  | 
  
   102.6  | 
  
   92.5  | 
  
   95.1  | 
  
   102.8  | 
  
   96.0  | 
  
   96.0  | 
  
   100.8  | 
  
   98.3  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   99.0  | 
  
   102.1  | 
  
   100.2  | 
  
   108.5  | 
  
   97.8  | 
 
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   Zhejiang   | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   99.0  | 
  
   101.4  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   93.4  | 
  
   96.2  | 
  
   110.4  | 
  
   100.5  | 
  
   97.8  | 
  
   101.3  | 
  
   98.2  | 
  
   101.2  | 
  
   100.1  | 
  
   106.4  | 
  
   101.5  | 
  
   103.7  | 
  
   99.2  | 
 
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   Anhui   | 
  
   98.1  | 
  
   98.2  | 
  
   101.2  | 
  
   100.9  | 
  
   91.2  | 
  
   96.3  | 
  
   110.7  | 
  
   94.9  | 
  
   94.5  | 
  
   100.5  | 
  
   97.3  | 
  
   99.1  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   104.4  | 
  
   99.2  | 
  
   104.2  | 
  
   99.3  | 
 
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   Fujian   | 
  
   98.5  | 
  
   97.9  | 
  
   100.4  | 
  
   98.5  | 
  
   91.2  | 
  
   93.3  | 
  
   115.6  | 
  
   102.8  | 
  
   92.2  | 
  
   100.4  | 
  
   102.3  | 
  
   101.5  | 
  
   99.5  | 
  
   102.7  | 
  
   99.2  | 
  
   103.3  | 
  
   100.0  | 
 
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   Jiangxi   | 
  
   98.8  | 
  
   99.4  | 
  
   102.5  | 
  
   100.0  | 
  
   92.9  | 
  
   88.7  | 
  
   117.5  | 
  
   104.6  | 
  
   94.9  | 
  
   102.3  | 
  
   99.2  | 
  
   100.0  | 
  
   99.5  | 
  
   103.9  | 
  
   99.8  | 
  
   109.2  | 
  
   100.3  | 
 
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   Shandong   | 
  
   97.1  | 
  
   95.5  | 
  
   91.5  | 
  
   101.3  | 
  
   92.8  | 
  
   96.1  | 
  
   99.2  | 
  
   92.5  | 
  
   93.0  | 
  
   98.2  | 
  
   99.8  | 
  
   98.0  | 
  
   99.4  | 
  
   103.4  | 
  
   101.0  | 
  
   103.1  | 
  
   99.1  | 
 
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   Henan   | 
  
   96.6  | 
  
   95.8  | 
  
   91.9  | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   92.0  | 
  
   94.1  | 
  
   100.6  | 
  
   91.6  | 
  
   91.0  | 
  
   100.7  | 
  
   98.3  | 
  
   99.8  | 
  
   98.5  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   101.0  | 
  
   100.1  | 
 
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   Hubei   | 
  
   97.1  | 
  
   96.6  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   100.1  | 
  
   91.3  | 
  
   93.8  | 
  
   100.5  | 
  
   94.6  | 
  
   93.8  | 
  
   100.6  | 
  
   97.1  | 
  
   97.6  | 
  
   97.9  | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   101.2  | 
  
   104.3  | 
  
   99.0  | 
 
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   Hunan   | 
  
   97.9  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   94.6  | 
  
   89.9  | 
  
   95.9  | 
  
   109.4  | 
  
   101.4  | 
  
   96.0  | 
  
   99.3  | 
  
   100.1  | 
  
   99.0  | 
  
   99.5  | 
  
   100.5  | 
  
   102.8  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   99.7  | 
 
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   Guangdong   | 
  
   97.0  | 
  
   96.1  | 
  
   95.7  | 
  
   94.7  | 
  
   92.5  | 
  
   93.4  | 
  
   96.7  | 
  
   98.0  | 
  
   91.9  | 
  
   102.2  | 
  
   99.0  | 
  
   100.0  | 
  
   100.1  | 
  
   103.0  | 
  
   100.4  | 
  
   108.6  | 
  
   97.0  | 
 
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   Guangxi   | 
  
   96.3  | 
  
   94.2  | 
  
   95.3  | 
  
   95.7  | 
  
   90.9  | 
  
   88.1  | 
  
   94.3  | 
  
   101.0  | 
  
   86.1  | 
  
   101.1  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   99.9  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   104.3  | 
  
   100.6  | 
  
   103.9  | 
  
   99.9  | 
 
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   Hainan   | 
  
   96.5  | 
  
   94.6  | 
  
   88.7  | 
  
   93.9  | 
  
   91.4  | 
  
   94.5  | 
  
   100.6  | 
  
   96.5  | 
  
   92.1  | 
  
   100.9  | 
  
   98.2  | 
  
   98.3  | 
  
   100.1  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   101.4  | 
  
   106.1  | 
  
   101.4  | 
 
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   Chongqing   | 
  
   94.5  | 
  
   91.7  | 
  
   92.5  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   86.4  | 
  
   85.2  | 
  
   95.0  | 
  
   90.0  | 
  
   92.9  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   102.4  | 
  
   88.8  | 
  
   100.3  | 
  
   95.4  | 
  
   100.0  | 
  
   103.9  | 
  
   99.7  | 
 
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   Sichuan   | 
  
   97.7  | 
  
   95.2  | 
  
   94.0  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   90.3  | 
  
   90.6  | 
  
   99.4  | 
  
   90.7  | 
  
   98.3  | 
  
   103.0  | 
  
   98.0  | 
  
   101.5  | 
  
   99.8  | 
  
   102.5  | 
  
   101.4  | 
  
   103.0  | 
  
   101.1  | 
 
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   Guizhou   | 
  
   98.9  | 
  
   98.5  | 
  
   93.3  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   98.1  | 
  
   92.9  | 
  
   100.6  | 
  
   95.7  | 
  
   96.6  | 
  
   107.3  | 
  
   98.5  | 
  
   97.9  | 
  
   98.7  | 
  
   104.4  | 
  
   104.5  | 
  
   106.9  | 
  
   101.6  | 
 
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   Yunnan   | 
  
   99.2  | 
  
   99.1  | 
  
   95.1  | 
  
   99.9  | 
  
   98.8  | 
  
   92.7  | 
  
   96.6  | 
  
   107.8  | 
  
   104.7  | 
  
   105.8  | 
  
   100.6  | 
  
   103.4  | 
  
   101.1  | 
  
   104.5  | 
  
   98.9  | 
  
   107.1  | 
  
   100.5  | 
 
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   Tibet   | 
  
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   Shaanxi   | 
  
   96.2  | 
  
   94.2  | 
  
   93.7  | 
  
   104.0  | 
  
   96.2  | 
  
   96.3  | 
  
   91.2  | 
  
   79.5  | 
  
   89.9  | 
  
   100.4  | 
  
   99.1  | 
  
   98.8  | 
  
   97.4  | 
  
   104.2  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   101.1  | 
  
   99.6  | 
 
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   Gansu   | 
  
   98.1  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   91.8  | 
  
   104.6  | 
  
   96.2  | 
  
   95.3  | 
  
   98.3  | 
  
   93.6  | 
  
   96.6  | 
  
   101.6  | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   98.1  | 
  
   100.5  | 
  
   100.9  | 
  
   100.4  | 
  
   102.9  | 
  
   99.1  | 
 
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   Qinghai   | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   97.9  | 
  
   106.1  | 
  
   96.7  | 
  
   100.9  | 
  
   94.1  | 
  
   94.1  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   102.9  | 
  
   99.6  | 
  
   100.0  | 
  
   100.1  | 
  
   104.3  | 
  
   102.0  | 
  
   102.1  | 
  
   102.2  | 
 
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   Ningxia   | 
  
   97.5  | 
  
   96.6  | 
  
   93.1  | 
  
   105.2  | 
  
   97.3  | 
  
   94.5  | 
  
   94.7  | 
  
   92.2  | 
  
   92.1  | 
  
   100.2  | 
  
   96.4  | 
  
   102.2  | 
  
   98.9  | 
  
   102.9  | 
  
   100.7  | 
  
   104.0  | 
  
   94.1  | 
 
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   Xinjiang   | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   99.7  | 
  
   97.2  | 
  
   101.4  | 
  
   93.8  | 
  
   98.4  | 
  
   110.2  | 
  
   101.0  | 
  
   98.3  | 
  
   102.9  | 
  
   99.4  | 
  
   100.6  | 
  
   100.4  | 
  
   101.4  | 
  
   102.5  | 
  
   106.2  | 
  
   101.1  |