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

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Commodity 1999 Percent of total 2000 Percent of total
Chemicals 2,696,068 13.4 3,005,356 14.4
Glass and stone products 2,627,148 13.0 2,925,296 14.0
Food products 2,269,592 11.3 2,590,544 12.4
Mixed freight 2,468,168 12.2 2,501,880 12.0
Transportation equipment 2,239,368 11.1 1,936,642 9.3
All other commodities 7,872,199 39.0 7,907,761 37.9
Tennessee, total 20,172,543 100.0 20,867,479 100.0

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.

SOURCE 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.