Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-6 : Truck Shipments from Colorado by Commodity: 1997

(Descending order by weight)

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Commodity (2-digit commodity code) Value ($ millions) Weight (thousand short tons)
Nonmetallic mineral products (31) 1,745 15,497
Gravel and crushed stone (12) 106 13,633
Cereal grains (02) 637 6,174
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07) 2,762 5,254
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17) 1,068 4,589
Natural sands (11) 32 4,524
Animal feed and products of animal origin, n.e.c. (04) 1,245 2,871
Fuel oils (18) 582 2,447
Alcoholic beverages (08) 1,769 2,165
Wood products (26) 2,022 2,114
Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations (05) 3,844 1,359
Mixed freight (43) 2,144 1,154
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32) 1,826 1,012
Printed products (29) 1,546 940
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products (06) 905 882
Articles of base metal (33) 2,058 846
Basic chemicals (20) S 803
Paper or paperboard articles (28) 780 551
Plastics and rubber (24) 1,258 376
Machinery (34) 3,237 347
All other commodities S 23,640
Total, all commodities 52,082 91,178

KEY: n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified; S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons.

NOTE: There are 41 two-digit Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG) commodity codes.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey, Washington, DC: 2000, data from CD-ROM, CD-EC97-CFS.