Are Things Getting Better in China? - 1949 to 1985 - Page 18
A College Paper by Paul Noll (1990)

P. Main Cash Crops Output, 1949-1980 (In 1,000 tons)

The market economy reflects what the farmers produce. The growing affluence reflects what the farmers produce. Increases in farm machinery and new plant species can be seen in the increased production. Note the increase in tobacco production and its future problems as smoking vastly increases.


Year Cotton Oil-bearing Crops Peanuts Rapeseed Sesame Sugar Cane Sugar Beet Cured Tobacco
1949 444 2,564 1,268 734 326 2,642 191 43
1952 1,304 4,193 2,316 932 481 7,116 479 222
1957 1,640 4,196 2,571 888 312 10,392 1,501 256
1965 2,098 3,625 1,928 1,089 256 13,391 1,984 372
1970 2,227 3,772 2,148 965 263 13,457 2,103 399
1975 2,381 4,521 2,270 1,525 208 16,667 2,476 701
1980 2,707 7,691 6,600 2,384 259 22,807 6,305 717