Table 3-6:  Truck Shipments from Michigan by Commodity: 1997,,,
(Descending order by weight),,,

Commodity (2-digit commodity code),Value                                      ($ millions),,Weight             (thousand short tons)
Gravel and crushed stone (12),271,,"46,592"
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32)                  ,"18,903",,"44,501"
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17)                                                     ,S,,"35,806"
Nonmetallic mineral products (31)                                             ,"2,684",,"20,869"
Natural sands (11),128,,"15,827"
Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) (36),"52,044",,"15,770"
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07)                                               ,"10,588",,"12,078"
"Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19)","1,875",,"9,482"
Fuel oils (18)                                                                                 ,"1,811",,"7,843"
Waste and scrap (41),"1,652",,"7,458"
Wood products (26)                                                                             ,"2,798",,"4,884"
Articles of base metal (33),"10,631",,"4,823"
Machinery (34),"24,077",,"4,235"
Mixed freight (43),"7,555",,"4,142"
Basic chemicals (20),"2,217",,"3,694"
Other agricultural products (03)                                                               ,"2,469",,"3,281"
"Nonmetallic minerals, n.e.c. (13)",231,,"3,104"
"Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. (23) ","6,206",,"3,082"
Cereal grains (02),"1,253",,"2,900"
"Animal feed and products of animal origin, n.e.c. (04)","1,019",,"2,895"
All other commodities,S,,"36,135"
"Total, all commodities","227,120",,"289,401"
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.",,,