Whele sale prices of rice for various varieties in Japan
		(1990-1999 brown rice basis)
						（1,000yen/60kg）
	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	-