Table 1,,,,,,
Trucking and Railroad Share of the Major Commodity Shipments in the United States: 1997,,,,,,
(Commodity Flow Survey Data Only),,,,,,
SCTG,,,,,Trucking,Rail
code,Top 10 commodity groupings,All modes,Trucking,Rail,share (%),share (%)
,By value ($billions),,,,,
,All commodities,"6,944","4,982",320,71.7,4.6
35,"Electronic, electrical equipment, and office equipment",870,484,3,55.7,0.3
36,Motorized and other vehicles (including parts),571,367,77,64.2,13.5
40,Miscellaneous manufactured products,421,268,3,63.7,0.6
34,Machinery,417,320,6,76.7,1.5
30,"Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather",379,293,0.47,77.4,0.1
7,Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils,346,319,13,92.2,3.8
32,Base metal in primary or semifinished forms,286,242,26,84.7,9.1
24,Plastics and rubber,279,219,21,78.5,7.6
29,Printed products,260,178,0.27,68.4,0.1
41,Mixed freight,230,219,–,95,–
,By tonnage (millions),,,,,
,All commodities,"11,090","7,701","1,550",69.4,14
12,Gravel and crushed stone,"1,815","1,672",51,92.1,2.8
15,Coal,"1,217",217,687,17.8,56.5
17,Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel,963,518,5,53.8,0.6
31,Nonmetallic mineral products,910,860,23,94.5,2.5
2,Cereal grains,490,189,142,38.5,29.1
18,Fuel oils,482,244,7,50.7,1.4
19,"Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c.",475,281,62,59.2,13
11,Natural sands,443,413,11,93.4,2.5
7,Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils,397,348,32,87.6,8.1
25,Logs and other wood in the rough,371,349,7,94,2
,By ton-miles (billions),,,,,
,All commodities,"2,661","1,024","1,023",38.5,38.4
15,Coal,542,9,439,1.7,81
2,Cereal grains,201,18,116,9.1,58
20,Basic chemicals,137,34,69,24.7,50.8
17,Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel,137,29,3,21.5,2.1
7,Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils,124,79,34,63.5,27
32,Base metal in primary or semifinished forms,117,68,36,57.5,30.9
26,Wood products,97,52,36,53.9,36.7
12,Gravel and crushed stone,93,58,11,62.8,11.8
31,Nonmetallic mineral products,91,64,14,69.7,15.4
27,"Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard",84,44,35,52.3,42.3
NOTE: – = data do not meet publication standards because of sampling variability or other reasons; n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified; SCTG = Standard Classification of Transported Goods.,,,,,,

"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey, United States, EC97TCF-US (Washington, DC: 1999).",,,,,,