Table 1-17 Major Commodities Shipped via U.S. Domestic Ocean Trades, 2000
Table 1-17
Major Commodities Shipped via U.S. Domestic Ocean Trades, 2000
| Billions ton-miles | Million metric tons | Average haul-miles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal and coke | 8.5 | 13.1 | 649 |
| Petroleum | 190 | 152.9 | 1,243 |
| Crude | 78.8 | 43.2 | 1,824 |
| Products | 111.2 | 109.7 | 1,014 |
| Chemicals | 24.9 | 12.5 | 1,992 |
| Crude materials | 6.4 | 12.5 | 512 |
| Primary manufactured goods | 3.6 | 6.5 | 554 |
| Farm products | 9.9 | 5.3 | 1,868 |
| Manufactured goods | 14.2 | 7.9 | 1,797 |
| Other | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Total | 257.5 | 210.7 |
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, Waterborne Commerce of the United States, calender year 2000, Part 5, National Summaries (Fort Belvoir, VA: February 2001)
- Petroleum (crude and product) accounted for 73 percent of domestic deep-sea tons and ton-miles.
- Crude materials accounted for 6 percent of the total tons, but only 3 percent of the ton-miles, reflecting a short average length of haul. Crude materials include such commodities as forest products; pulp waste; paper; soil, gravel, and stone; iron ore and scrap; sulfur, clay, and silt; and slag.