Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 3-8: Rail Shipments Originating in Kentucky

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Commodity 1999 Percent of total 2000 Percent of total
Coal 93,797,896 86 91,477,114 86
Transportation equip. 3,129,522 3 3,194,549 3
Primary metal products 2,917,936 3 3,111,077 3
Chemicals 2,188,244 2 2,286,348 2
Waste and scrap U 0 922,564 1
Nonmetallic minerals 1,065,346 1 U 0
All other 5,529,809 5 5,424,747 5
Kentucky, total 108,628,753 100 106,416,399 100

KEY FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U = data are unavailable.

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.