| Appendix 2-6 Changes in the Order of Precedence of Output | ||||||||
| of Major Agricultural Products | ||||||||
| Sources: United Nations FAO Database. | ||||||||
| Item | 1949 | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 |
| 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 | ||
| Note:①Data refer to pork, beef and mutton prior to 1993. | ||||||||