Output of Major Agricultural Products in
Comparison with Peak Year Prior to 1949
Item Peak Year Prior to 1949 Indices (peak year prior to 1949=100)
Year Output 1949 1952 2003
Planting (10000 tons)          
  Grain 1936 15000 75.45 109.28 287.1
    Rice 1936 5735 84.83 119.32 280.1
    Wheat 1936 2330 59.27 77.81 371.2
    Corn 1936 1010   166.83 1146.8
    Soybeans 1936 1130 45.04 84.25 136.2
    Tubers 1936 635 155.12 257.17 553.3
  Cotton 1936 84.9 52.30 153.59 572.4
  Peanuts 1933 317 39.99 73.04 423.2
  Rapeseeds 1934 191 38.49 48.87 598.8
  Sesame 1933 99.1 32.90 48.54 90.1
  Jute and Ambary Hemp 1945 5.5 34.55 278.18 181.8
  Mulberry Silkworm
Cocoons		 1931 22.1 14.03 28.05 302.0
  Tea 1932 22.5 18.22 36.44 341.3
  Sugarcane 1940 565 46.74 125.90 1596.5
  Beetroots 1939 32.9 58.05 145.59 1879.0
  Fluecured Tobacco 1948 17.9 24.02 124.02 1125.7
  Apples 1926 12.1   97.52 17439.7
  Citrus 1926 40.1   51.62 3355.1
  Bananas 1927 10.3   106.80 5731.1
Animal Husbandry
(10000 head) 		         
  Large Animals
(year-end)		 1935 7151 83.93 106.92 216.8
    Cattle and Buffaloes 1935 4827 91.02 117.26 279.0
    Cattle and Buffaloes 1935 649 75.12 94.45 121.7
    Donkeys 1935 1215 78.14 97.17 67.5
    Mules 1935 460 31.98 35.59 86.0
  Hogs (year-end) 1934 7853 73.54 114.31 593.4
  Sheep and Goats
(year-end)		 1937 6252 67.74 98.82 544.7
Fishery          
  Aquatic Products
(10000 tons)		 1936 150 30.00 111.33 3136.4