Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-8: Rail Shipments Originating in Idaho

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Commodity 1999 Percent of total 2000 Percent of total
Farm products 3,562,309 27.8 3,436,334 29.2
Nonmetallic minerals 3,279,343 25.6 2,639,661 22.4
Lumber and wood products 2,894,320 22.6 2,495,839 21.2
Food products 1,628,376 12.7 1,694,380 14.4
Chemicals 1,062,260 8.3 1,119,580 9.5
All other commodities 395,264 3.1 381,368 3.2
Idaho, total 12,821,872 100.0 11,767,162 100.0

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.