| APP.2-1 Ranking Position of China in Output of Major Agricultural Products | ||||||||
| Sources: United Nations FAO Database. | ||||||||
| Item | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Cereals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meat① | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Seed Cotton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soybeans | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 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 | 1 |
| Fruit | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| (excluding Melons) | ||||||||
| Note: ①Data refers to pork, beef and mutton prior to 1990. | ||||||||