Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-7: Rail Shipments Terminating in South Carolina

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Commodity 1999 Percent of total 2000 Percent of total
Coal 13,416,329 41 13,951,600 42
Chemicals 4,912,216 15 5,017,560 15
Nonmetallic minerals 2,873,660 9 3,413,470 10
Lumber and wood products 2,369,960 7 2,043,420 6
Pulp and paper 1,633,280 5 0 0
Farm products 0 0 1,413,627 4
All other 7,397,917 23 7,610,740 23
South Carolina, total 32,603,362 100 33,450,417 100

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: Jan. 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002; and Railroads and States -1999, Washington, DC: Jan. 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002.