Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-6 : Truck Shipments from Connecticut 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) 94 9,103
Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19) 162 3,483
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17) 874 3,179
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32) 4,392 3,008
Natural sands (11) 38 2,542
Fuel oils (18) 472 2,479
Nonmetallic mineral products (31) 223 1,882
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07) 2,496 1,859
Articles of base metal (33) 2,199 1,000
Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard (27) 719 862
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products (06) 1,492 776
Paper or paperboard articles (28) 1,815 672
Nonmetallic materials n.e.c. (13) 42 595
Printed products (29) 2,401 592
Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. (23) 1,847 585
Plastics and rubber (24) 2,343 577
Alcoholic beverages (08) 839 495
Wood products (26) 596 397
Basic chemicals (20) 715 300
Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) (36) 2,672 255
All other commodities 28,979 8,441
Total, all commodities 55,410 43,082

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.