Appendix  2-6  Changes in the Order of Precedence of Output of Major Agricultural Products
 
Sources: United Nations FAO Database.  
 
Item 1978 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2002 2003
               
    Cereals             2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
    Meat              3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
    Cotton Lint         3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Soybeans            3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
    Groundnuts in Shell 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
    Rapeseeds           2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Sugar Cane          9 9 4 4 3 3 3 3
    Tea                 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
    Fruit                          10 8 4 1 1 1 1
                 
Note: Data refer to pork, beef and mutton prior to 1993.