| 25-6  Changes in the Order of Precedence of
  Output of Major Agricultural Products | ||||||||
| Sources:
  United Nations FAO database. | ||||||||
| Item | 1949 | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| Cereals |          
   | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Meat① | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Cotton Lint | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Soybeans | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 
| Groundnuts in Shell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Rapeseeds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
| Sugar Cane |          
   | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 
| Tea | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 
| Fruit |          
   |          
   | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
| ①Data refer to pork, beef
  and mutton prior to 1993. |  |  |  |  |  | |||