Table 23. Producer and consumer price index

Country	Period	Producer prices		Consumer prices
Country	Period	Agricultural products	Industrial products	All items	For food
China (People’s Rep. of)¹^*	1995	…	114.9	117.1	…
	1996	…	102.9	108.3	…
	1997	…	99.7	102.8	…
	1998	…	95.9	99.2	…
	1999	…	97.6	98.6	…
	2000	…	102.8	100.4	…
	2001	…	98.7	100.7	…
	2002	…	97.8	99.2	…
	2003	…	102.3	101.2	…
	2004	…	106.1	103.9	…
	2005	…	104.9	101.8	…
Japan²^**	1995	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	1996	100.5	98.3	100.1	99.9
	1997	99.7	98.9	101.9	101.7
	1998	96.0	97.6	102.5	103.1
	1999	102.7	99.9	100.7	102.0
	2000	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	2001	98.7	97.7	99.3	99.4
	2002	96.7	95.6	98.4	98.6
	2003	98.2	94.8	98.1	98.4
	2004	102.6	95.9	98.1	99.3
	2005	99.8	97.8	97.8	98.4
Korea (Rep. of)³^*** (South Korea)	1995	86.7	83.5	82.3	82.2
	1996	88.1	85.3	86.4	85.4
	1997	89.8	88.2	90.2	88.7
	1998	93.3	101.0	97.0	96.4
	1999	102.7	97.7	97.8	99.1
	2000	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	2001	103.7	97.9	104.1	103.5
	2002	106.3	96.4	106.9	107.7
	2003	112.4	98.1	110.7	112.4
	2004	126.0	105.5	114.7	119.5
	2005	121.4	108.8	117.8	122.8
Taiwan, ROC⁴^****	1995	108.0	107.3	93.2	94.0
	1996	114.4	105.3	96.1	97.7
	1997	101.4	105.3	97.0	97.0
	1998	110.8	105.8	98.6	101.3
	1999	117.5	99.5	98.8	100.5
	2000	105.0	101.3	100.0	100.9
	2001	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	2002	99.8	99.8	99.8	99.8
	2003	106.7	101.6	99.5	99.7
	2004	120.7	107.8	101.1	107.1
	2005	120.7	107.8	103.5	107.1

Annotations

* Data based on "Preceding year = 100."
** From 1992 to 1999, original data based on "1995 = 100." Since 2000, "2000 = 100."
*** "2000 = 100."
**** "2001 = 100."

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3. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Korea, Major Statistics of Agriculture and Forestry 2006, Sept. 2006, p. 84, p. 88.
4. Council for Economic Planning and Development, Taiwan ROC, Taiwan Statistical Data Book 2006, June 2007. p. 188, p. 194.