Overview

• On September 29, the Statistics Commission approved a recommendation to abolish the long-used “作況指数” and introduce “作況単収指数.”
• The Ministry of Agriculture reported the new indicator’s name and methodology and received the commission’s assent at the meeting.
• Authorities plan to begin publishing the new measure in mid-October, with this year’s rice statistics expected to carry it from next month.
• The index will compare the current year’s yield with the average of the most recent five years after excluding the highest and lowest years.
• Officials cite a mismatch between the old 30-year-trend-based metric and producers’ experience, and final ministerial approval is still pending.