Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Printable Version

Table 3-7: Rail Shipments Terminating in South Dakota

(Short tons)

Excel | CSV

Commodity 1999 Percent of total 2000 Percent of total
Coal and petroleum 2,328,690 63.4 2,360,264 72.0
Chemicals 420,272 11.4 424,588 12.9
Glass, stone, and nonmetallic minerals 274,182 7.5 180,353 5.5
Lumber and wood products 88,960 2.4 129,240 3.9
Primary metal products U U 60,780 1.9
Nonmetallic minerals 326,000 8.9 U U
All other commodities 236,042 6.4 123,720 3.8
South Dakota, total 3,674,146 100.0 3,278,945 100.0

KEY FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U = data are unavailable.

NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Includes the five largest commodities (by tonnage terminated or originated) of the 38 two-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Code groupings plus all others for state total. Includes intrastate shipments.

SOURCES FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States-2000, Washington, DC: January 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002; and Railroads and States -1999, Washington, DC: January 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002.