9-4 Retail Price Indices by Category of Commodities (1999)
			(preceding year=100)
Item	National	Urban	Rural
	Indices	Indices	Indices
General Retail Price Index	97.0	97.0	97.1
Food	95.8	95.7	96.0
Grain	96.4	96.2	96.6
Flour and Rice	97.3	97.3	97.4
Coarse Food Grain	88.2	85.4	90.6
Oil or Fat	94.4	94.7	94.0
Meal, Poultry and Eggs	91.1	90.6	91.8
Aquatic Products	93.6	94.2	92.2
Fresh Vegetables	100.4	99.8	101.5
Dried Vegetables	99.1	99.3	99.0
Fresh Fruits	99.4	98.8	100.4
Dried Fruits	91.5	90.8	92.3
Other Food	97.8	98.6	96.7
Condiments	99.9	99.1	100.7
Sugar	84.8	85.5	84.3
Candy	98.1	98.7	97.1
Cake	100.7	101.3	99.6
Milk and Its Products	99.1	99.5	98.0
Canned Food	99.5	99.7	99.2
Catering Trade	99.6	99.3	100.2
Staple Food	100.3	100.3	100.3
Fried Dishes	98.9	98.4	100.0
Local Snack	100.9	101.1	100.4
Beverages, Tobacco and Liquor	97.3	96.9	97.9
Beverages	98.4	98.2	98.8
Tobacco and Liquor	97.0	96.4	97.6
Garments, Shoes and Hats	97.3	97.3	97.3
Garments	96.3	96.1	96.7
Shoes	98.3	98.8	97.7
Other Clothing	99.9	100.5	99.1
Textiles	98.0	98.3	97.7
Cotton Cloth	98.5	99.4	97.8
Blend Cloth	97.7	98.3	97.2
Chemical Fiber Cloth	97.5	97.1	97.9
Woolen Fabric	98.0	97.9	98.0
Silk	98.4	98.5	98.2
Other Textiles	98.1	98.7	97.3
Traditional Chinese and Western Medicines	101.0	101.3	100.6
Traditional Chinese Medicine	105.6	106.3	104.4
Western Medicine	97.9	97.9	97.9
Medical Articles	100.1	100.0	100.4
Cosmetics	99.6	99.9	99.2
Newspapers and Magazines	104.9	105.5	104.1
Cultural and Sports Goods	99.5	99.6	99.3
Cultural Goods	99.5	99.8	99.0
Sports Goods	99.4	99.2	99.8
Articles for Daily Use	97.9	97.8	98.0
Ordinary Articles for Daily Use	97.8	97.8	97.7
Furniture	97.6	97.5	98.0
Sundries for Daily Use	98.6	98.4	99.0
Household Appliances	94.0	94.0	94.0
Jewelry	94.5	94.6	94.2
Fuels	100.4	101.0	99.6
Building Decoration Materials	98.3	98.7	97.8
Mechanical and Electrical Products	95.1	95.4	94.0