Table 1-53 U.S. Hazardous Materials Shipments by Hazard Class, 1997
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| Class 1. Explosives |
4.3 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
S |
S |
549 |
| Class 2. Gases |
40.9 |
8.8 |
115.0 |
7.3 |
21.8 |
8.3 |
66 |
| Class 3. Flammable liquids |
335.6 |
72.0 |
1,264.3 |
80.8 |
160.0 |
60.6 |
73 |
| Class 4. Flammable solids |
3.9 |
0.8 |
11.8 |
0.8 |
9.6 |
3.6 |
838 |
| Class 5. Oxidizers and organic peroxides |
4.5 |
1.0 |
9.2 |
0.6 |
4.5 |
1.7 |
193 |
| Class 6. Toxics (poison) |
10.1 |
2.2 |
6.4 |
0.4 |
2.8 |
1.1 |
402 |
| Class 7. Radioactive materials |
2.7 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
RZ |
RZ |
445 |
| Class 8. Corrosive materials |
40.4 |
8.7 |
91.6 |
5.9 |
41.2 |
15.6 |
201 |
| Class 9. Miscellaneous dangerous goods |
23.9 |
5.1 |
65.3 |
4.2 |
22.7 |
8.6 |
323 |
| Total |
466.4 |
100.0 |
1,565.2 |
100.0 |
263.8 |
100.0 |
113 |
KEY: S = data were not published because of high sampling variability or other reasons; RZ = less than 1 unit of measure or equal to zero.
NOTE: Numbers and percents may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census 1997 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazardous Materials (Washington, DC: December 1999), table 2.
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