Whele sale prices of rice for various varieties in Japan
 (1990-1999 brown rice basis)
i1,000yen/60kgj
Date Koshihikari   (from Niigata) Sasanishiki (from Miyagi) Akitakomachi (from Akita) Hitomebore (from Miyagi) Kirara          (from Hokkaido)
20-Feb-90 25.75 22.30 21.55                     -                          -
22-May-90 25.25 21.40 21.35                     -                          -
21-Aug-90 24.45 20.60 20.75                     -                          -
20-Nov-90 24.45 21.25 20.55                     -                          -
19-Feb-91 24.05 20.55 20.45                     -                          -
21-May-91 22.75 20.15 20.15                     -                          -
20-Aug-91 21.95 19.45 19.95                     -                          -
19-Nov-91 25.15 22.25 21.35                     -                          -
18-Feb-92 26.05 22.65 21.85                     -                          -
19-May-92 26.15 21.85 21.55                     -                          - u
18-Aug-92 26.65 22.15 21.75                     -                          -
17-Nov-92 26.45 22.25 22.30                     -                          -
23-Feb-93 26.45 22.05 22.05                     -                          -
18-May-93 24.35 21.35 21.35                     -                          -
17-Aug-93 23.75 22.35 22.45                     -                          -
23-Nov-93 33.75 32.25 31.75                     - 29.25
22-Feb-94 42.00 40.00 39.50                     -                          -
17-May-94 46.00 38.50 42.50                     -                          -
23-Aug-94 23.50 20.50 21.50                     -                          -
22-Nov-94 22.75 17.75 19.25                     -                          -
21-Feb-95 23.75 19.00 21.25                     -                          -
16-May-95 23.95 18.75 21.05                     -                          -
19-Jul-95 17.75 18.75 21.05 20.15 17.75
19-Dec-95 17.75 19.00 19.25 19.25 17.75
19-Mar-96 22.25 18.75 19.25                     -                          -
19-Jul-96 18.25 20.25 19.75 19.75 17.25
1-Nov-96 18.25 20.25 19.25 19.25 17.25
17-Dec-96 18.25 19.25                     - 19.25 16.00
14-May-97 18.25 18.95 18.75 18.75 15.10
13-Aug-97 18.25 18.65 18.65 18.15 13.42
8-Nov-97 18.25 17.50 17.25 17.00 13.55
10-Dec-97 18.25 16.90 17.05 16.95 13.80
13-May-98 18.25 16.50 17.00 17.25 14.15
14-Aug-98 18.25 17.75 17.45 18.25 15.10
14-Oct-98 18.25 18.30 17.70 18.50 15.40
2-Dec-98 18.25 18.50 18.45 19.00 15.80
21-May-99 18.25 17.60 17.50 17.70 15.30
20-Aug-99 18.25 16.75 16.75 16.80 13.80
27-Oct-99 18.25                     - 15.90 16.00 14.00
3-Dec-99 18.25 15.10 16.25 16.00                          -