Table 3-6 :  Truck Shipments from South Carolina 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),156,"23,106"
Nonmetallic mineral products (31)                                             ,"1,473","13,290"
Logs and other wood in the rough (25),264,"8,309"
Wood products (26)                                                                             ,"2,368","6,485"
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17)                                                     ,"1,617","6,291"
"Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather (30)","21,668","5,306"
Natural sands (11),62,"5,205"
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07)                                               ,"2,184","3,271"
"Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard (27)","2,285","3,084"
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32)                  ,"3,167","2,905"
Basic chemicals (20),"3,719","2,531"
Fuel oils (18)                                                                                 ,419,"2,210"
Plastics and rubber (24),"5,037","2,082",
"Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. (23) ","2,594","1,669",
Waste and scrap (41),319,"1,586",
Paper or paperboard articles (28)                                                              ,"1,943","1,449",
"Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations (05)","2,328","1,302",
"Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19)",618,"1,281",
Fertilizers (22),340,"1,265",
Mixed freight (43),S,"1,162",
All other commodities,"34,735","10,093",
"Total, all commodities","87,296","103,882",
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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.",,,