Economic data for selected Asian countries, 2001 (table name.) which conclusion can be drawn from the information in the table above

Dis the answer you perception is how you see the world 

This could be considered an example of astrology.

If a particular resource is not useful or needed then the price would be considerably low. once that resource is needed the price or value will raise depending on how useful or needed it is especially if the resource is low in quantity, the consumers would pay whatever they have to, to get that material.