Rice Prices
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Changing Economy in Indonesia Volume 4 Rice Prices
Of the series 'Changing Economy in Indonesia' are published: 1. Indonesia's Export Crops 1816-1940 2. Public Finance 1816-1939 3. Expenditure on F£xed Assets 4. Rice Prices and in preparation: 5. National Income 6. Trade Statistics 7. Monetary and Banking System. Exchange Rates 8. Balance of Payments
Changing Economy in Indonesia A Selection of Statistical Source Material from the early 19th Century up to 1940
Volume 4 Rice Prices Initiated by W. M. F. Mansvelt Re-edited and continued by P. Creutzberg Editorial Committee P.]. van Dooren, chairman J.B.D. Derksen Late J .A. de J onge P.W. Klein 1. Schoffer ].H. van Stuijvenberg
1978
Springer-Science+Business Media, B. V.
This book is copyright under the Beme Convention. AlI rights are reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1956, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Enquiries should be addressed to the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam. © Copyright 1978 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam 1978 ISBN 978-90-247-2094-1 DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-8073-3
ISBN 978-94-011-8073-3 (eBook)
Table of contents
Preface/7 1 Synopsis/9 1.1 Origins of this publication/9 1.2 Aims of the statistics/9 1.3 The suitability of rice prices as a general index figure/10 1.4 Limitations of the use of rice prices as a general price index figure/10 1.5 The prices ofrice in the sources/ll 1.6 Arrangement of this publication/12 2 The operation of the rice market/13 2.1 Scope and reason of this account/13 2.2 Yield of the rice harvest determinant/13 2.3 Seasonal influences on price formation/I3 2.4 The rice market in South Asia/I5 2,4.1 The rice trade in general/15 2.4.2 Interinsular trade in Indonesia/15 2.4.3 Exports ofrice to foreign countries/I 6 2.4.4 Imports from South-east Asia/17 2.4.5 The influence of trade on rice prices/18 2.5 Reactions of changing prices of rice and money income on rice consumption/20 2.6 Rice varieties and diet/20 2.7 Government intervention in the development of the rice market/21 3 Historical movements in rice prices/24 3.1 Limitations of these observations/24 3.2 Long term movements/24 3.3 Characteristics of several periods/25
4 Methods, reliability and sources/31 4.1 Importance of a good index for rice prices/31 4.2 The selection of time-series for the calculation of the index/31 4.3 Linking up the series and adjusting for the different qualities/31 4.4 Pre-1848 figures/31 4.5 Prices of Billiton tenders/32 5 Technical details of the statistics concerning the trade in rice/33 5.1 Changing regulations of the
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