Table 3-6 :  Truck Shipments from New Jersey by Commodity: 1997,,
(Descending order by weight),,
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Commodity (2-digit commodity code),Value                                      ($ millions),Weight             (thousand short tons)
Gravel and crushed stone (12),253,"35,491"
"Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19)","2,028","23,370"
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17)                                                     ,"4,029","13,817"
Fuel oils (18)                                                                                 ,"2,425","13,500"
Nonmetallic mineral products (31)                                             ,"3,754","12,066"
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07)                                               ,"12,678","11,722"
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32)                  ,S,"5,067"
Plastics and rubber (24),"11,573","4,903"
"Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard (27)","3,506","4,633"
Printed products (29)                                                                         ,S,"4,177"
"Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. (23) ","12,293","3,388"
Basic chemicals (20),"5,904","3,323"
Articles of base metal (33),"4,441","2,758",
Alcoholic beverages (08)                                                                       ,"3,005","2,712",
Mixed freight (43),"4,186","2,629",
Miscellaneous manufactured products (40),"9,435","2,442",
"Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products (06)","4,224","2,170",
Monumental or building stone (10),S,"2,134",
Wood products (26)                                                                             ,"1,772","1,592",
Waste and scrap (41),623,"1,451",
All other commodities,S,"36,770",
"Total, all commodities","208,604","190,115",
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KEY: n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified; S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons.,,,
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NOTE: There are 41 two-digit Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG) commodity codes.,,,
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"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.",,,
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