Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-6 : Truck Shipments from New York 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) 458 69,443
Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19) 1,641 25,798
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07) 20,167 21,413
Nonmetallic minerals, n.e.c. (13) 434 21,219
Nonmetallic mineral products (31) 4,646 19,330
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17) 3,408 11,865
Fuel oils (18) 1,629 7,909
Animal feed and products of animal origin, n.e.c. (04) 1,857 5,909
Alcoholic beverages (08) 5,666 5,554
Natural sands (11) 47 5,036
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products (06) 5,335 5,034
Printed products (29) 9,483 4,344
Mixed freight (43) 11,042 4,331
Waste and scrap (41) 1,010 4,199
Basic chemicals (20) 3,053 4,105
Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard (27) 3,563 3,916
Wood products (26) 2,121 3,755
Miscellaneous manufactured products (40) 13,293 3,646
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32) 6,870 3,554
Paper or paperboard articles (28) 4,265 2,989
All other commodities 107,320 24,285
Total, all commodities 207,308 257,634

KEY: n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.

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.