| App. 2-2 Ranking Position of China for Major Agricultural Products | ||||||||||
| Sources: United Nations FAO Database. | ||||||||||
| Item | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| Cereals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meat① | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Seed Cotton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soybeans | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Groundnuts in Shell | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rapeseeds | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sugar Cane | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Tea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fruit | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| (excluding Melons) | ||||||||||
| Note: ①Data refers to pork, beef and mutton prior to 1990. | ||||||||||