APPENDIX-6 CHANGES IN THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCE OF OUTPUT OF MAJOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
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| Sources: United Nations FAO database. | ||||||||
| Item | 1949 | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Cereals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meat�� | 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 | 3 | 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 | ||
| ��Data refer to pork, beaf and mutton before 1993. | ||||||||