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Table 6
Freight Shipments by Two-Digit Commodity:
1993, 1997, and 2002
Excel |
CSV
(Commodity Flow Survey Data Only)
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Ranked by 2002 value |
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CFS total |
5,846 |
6,944 |
8,483 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 35 |
Electronic, electrical, and office equipment |
515 |
870 |
948 |
8.8 |
12.5 |
11.2 |
| 43 |
Mixed freight (1) |
207 |
230 |
858 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
10.1 |
| 36 |
Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) |
498 |
571 |
736 |
8.5 |
8.2 |
8.7 |
| 34 |
Machinery |
385 |
417 |
509 |
6.6 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
| 30 |
Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather |
449 |
379 |
507 |
7.7 |
5.5 |
6.0 |
| 21 |
Pharmaceutical products |
163 |
224 |
427 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
5.0 |
| 40 |
Miscellaneous manufactured products |
233 |
421 |
405 |
4.0 |
6.1 |
4.8 |
| 7 |
Other prepared foodstuffs, fats, and oils |
347 |
346 |
362 |
5.9 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
| 24 |
Plastics and rubber |
236 |
279 |
343 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
| 32 |
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes |
145 |
286 |
254 |
2.5 |
4.1 |
3.0 |
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Ranked by 2002 tonnage |
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CFS total |
9,688 |
11,090 |
11,573 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 12 |
Gravel and crushed stone |
977 |
1,815 |
1,775 |
10.1 |
16.4 |
15.3 |
| 15 |
Coal |
1,130 |
1,217 |
1,255 |
11.7 |
11.0 |
10.8 |
| 31 |
Nonmetallic mineral products |
817 |
910 |
910 |
8.4 |
8.2 |
7.9 |
| 17 |
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel |
912 |
963 |
840 |
9.4 |
8.7 |
7.3 |
| 2 |
Cereal grains |
440 |
490 |
579 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
| 18 |
Fuel oils |
448 |
482 |
508 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
| 20 |
Basic chemicals |
246 |
296 |
497 |
2.5 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
| 11 |
Natural sands |
405 |
443 |
466 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
| 7 |
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils |
372 |
397 |
463 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
| 19 |
Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. |
524 |
475 |
431 |
5.4 |
4.3 |
3.7 |
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Ranked by 2002 ton-miles |
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CFS total |
2,421 |
2,661 |
3,204 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| 15 |
Coal |
488 |
542 |
562 |
20.1 |
20.4 |
17.6 |
| 2 |
Cereal grains |
202 |
201 |
264 |
8.3 |
7.5 |
8.2 |
| 20 |
Basic chemicals |
109 |
137 |
174 |
4.5 |
5.1 |
5.4 |
| 7 |
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils |
127 |
124 |
171 |
5.2 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
| 17 |
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel |
102 |
137 |
130 |
4.2 |
5.1 |
4.1 |
| 3 |
Other agricultural products |
74 |
81 |
122 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
| 32 |
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes |
70 |
117 |
122 |
2.9 |
4.4 |
3.8 |
| 31 |
Nonmetallic mineral products |
86 |
91 |
120 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
| 26 |
Wood products |
98 |
97 |
114 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
| 18 |
Fuel oils |
59 |
51 |
109 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
3.4 |
KEY:
SCTG = Standard Classification of Transported Goods;
P = preliminary.
(1) Mixed freight shipments include: supplies and food for restaurants and fast food chains, items (including food) for grocery and convenience stores, hardware or plumbing supplies (not elsewhere classified),
office supplies, and miscellaneous.
NOTE:
The CFS totals in this table differ from the larger BTS totals specified in the text and in tables 1, 2, and 3 because they do not include additions to account for the out of scope missing pieces and some in-scope segments that were underrepresented in the CFS, such as waterborne
and pipeline shipments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the 1993, 1997, and preliminary 2002
Commodity Flow Survey, January 2004.
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