2-3  Ranking of China in the World in Terms of Major Agricultural Products
Source: United Nations FAO Database.
Item 1978 1980 1990 2000 2006 2007 2008
               
    Cereals             2 1 1 1 1 1 1
    Meat              3 3 1 1 1 1 1
    Cotton Lint      3 2 1 1 1 1
    Soybeans            3 3 3 4 4 4 4
    Groundnuts in Shell 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
    Rapeseed          2 2 1 1 1 1 2
    Sugar Cane          7 9 4 3 3 3 3
    Tea                 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
    Fruit               9 10 4 1 1 1 1
               
               
Note: Data refer to pork, beef and mutton prior to 1990.Excluding melons.