| App. 2-3 Ranking Position of China for Major Industrial Products | ||||||||||
| Sources: United Nations Database, Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook; FAO Database. | ||||||||||
| Item | 1978 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Crude Steel | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Coal | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Crude Petroleum | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| Electricity | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Cement | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fertilizer | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chemical Fibre | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Woven Cotton Fabrics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sugar | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Television Set | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||