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

(Short tons)

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Commodity 1999  Percent of total 2000 Percent of total
Coal 24,307,216 46.8 28,631,832 51.0
Chemicals 4,046,584 7.8 4,073,762 7.3
Metallic ores 4,130,099 8.0 4,048,059 7.2
Farm products 3,537,698 6.8 3,357,699 6.0
Lumber and wood products 2,968,224 5.7 3,094,696 5.5
All other commodities 12,930,156 24.9 12,962,501 23.1
Alabama, total 51,919,977 100.0 56,168,549 100.0

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