Agriculture Reference
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Table A5.5 Comparison of the quota, above-quota, rural market,
domestic wholesale, imported and exported prices of
wheat, 1985-2000 (yuan/tonne)
Quota
Above-quota Rural market
Wholesale
CIF
1985
426
428
462
..
..
1986
436
512
537
..
..
1987
442
545
620
..
..
1988
467
629
763
..
..
1989
505
890
1,066
..
..
1990
508
846
890
..
..
1991
512
772
783
..
..
1992
594
734
776
..
..
1993
659
749
809
..
..
1994
895
1,044
1,141
..
1,134
1995
1,080
1,528
1,688
..
1,460
1996
1,312
1,649
1,741
1,774
1,891
1997
1,461
1,442
1,479
1,545
1,653
1998
1,440
1,317
1,357
1,384
1,514
1999
1,270
1,286
1,343
1,465
2000
1,199
1,136
1,004
1,375
Note:
Prces are n nomnal terms. They are arthmetc averages from monthly data.
The wholesale prices are from Zhengzhou and Hubei markets.
Source:
The quota, above-quota, and rural market prices are from Ministry of
Agriculture database. The wholesale, FOB, CIF prices are cited from Wu, Laping, 2001.
'Price comparison between world and domestic grain markets', prepared for the
ACIAR project on China's grain market, Australian National University; and calculated
from National Bureau of Statistics, various years.
Statistical Yearbook of China
, China
Statistics Press, Beijing.
