Table 3-6 :  Truck Shipments from Massachusetts by Commodity: 1997,,
(Descending order by weight),,
Commodity (2-digit commodity code),Value                                      ($ millions),Weight             (thousand short tons)
Gravel and crushed stone (12),135,"18,254"
Nonmetallic mineral products (31)                                             ,"1,112","12,295"
Natural sands (11),48,"8,482"
"Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19)",197,"6,408"
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17)                                                     ,"1,532","5,255"
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07)                                               ,"4,316","4,725"
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32)                  ,"2,711","2,118"
Printed products (29)                                                                         ,"4,013","1,842"
Wood products (26)                                                                             ,"1,809","1,778"
Plastics and rubber (24),"5,364","1,686"
"Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products (06)","2,128","1,525"
"Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard (27)","2,755","1,509"
Alcoholic beverages (08)                                                                       ,"2,120","1,411"
"Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations (05)","3,931","1,259"
"Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. (23) ","3,216","1,051"
Paper or paperboard articles (28)                                                              ,"2,292","1,033"
Miscellaneous manufactured products (40),"7,453","1,032"
Mixed freight (43),"1,921",930
Electronic and other electrical equipment and components and office equipment (35),"14,619",662
"Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather (30)","5,185",510
All other commodities,"24,945","9,348"
"Total, all commodities","91,802","83,113"
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.",,