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Description
China Yearbook of Agriculture Price Survey is based on the rural survey conducted using the rural survey system of the national Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The purpose in compiling these price data is to bring the unique role of the information on the prices of agricultural products into full play in analyzing and studying the supply and demand relations of the agricultural products, the market competition of agricultural products and the readjustment of industrial structure, the income of farmers and the consumption of residents, etc.
The producer price of the agricultural product is the price of the unit product, at which the producer of the agricultural product, i.e. the agricultural household or the farm, directly sells the product. The producer prices of agricultural products are the wholesale prices and consumers prices.
The survey of the producer prices of agriculture products is conducted with the method of sample survey. The sample units are selected with random sampling method. A total of 31,000 units engaged in agricultural production and management have been selected in the whole country, in which the agricultural households account for 90.5% and the farms account for 9.5%. The content of the survey covers the four categories of farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, 15 divisions, 30 groups and 600 products.
The survey of the prices at the RMF is the survey of the prices of 36 agricultural products in 200 major producing countries and cities. It is conducted for the purpose for reflecting the trading prices of the staple agricultural products in the major producing areas and the trend of these prices.
The data on the prices of agricultural products at the international market come mainly from the trading information at the main future markets of agricultural products at the international market come mainly from the trading information at the main future markets of agricultural products at Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and New York Board of Trade (NYBOT).
Table of Contents
- The Feature and Influence of the Rise of Agricultural Products Prices during the "15th Five-year Plan”
- Indices of the Producer Prices of Agricultural Products
- Prices of the Agricultural Products at the Rural Market Fairs
- Prices of the Agricultural Products at the Whole Sales Market
- Prices of the Agricultural Products at the International Market
- The Survey of the Prices of Agricultural Products in China
- Appendix: the Reference Category of Agriculture Products
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