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Table 6b Weight of Freight Shipments by Two-Digit Commodity: 1993, 1997, and 2002
Table 6b
Weight of Freight Shipments by Two-Digit Commodity: 1993, 1997, and 2002
(Commodity Flow Survey data only)
| SCTG | Commodity description | Weight (millions tons) | Percentage of total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1997 | 2002 (P) | 1993 | 1997 | 2002 (P) | ||
| Ranked by 2002 tonnage | |||||||
| CFS total | 9,688 | 11,090 | 11,573 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| 12 | Gravel and crushed stone | 977 | 1,815 | 1,775 | 10.1 | 16.4 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Coal | 1,130 | 1,217 | 1,255 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
| 31 | Nonmetallic mineral products | 817 | 910 | 910 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
| 17 | Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 912 | 963 | 840 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.3 |
| 2 | Cereal grains | 440 | 490 | 579 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| 18 | Fuel oils | 448 | 482 | 508 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 20 | Basic chemicals | 246 | 296 | 497 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.3 |
| 11 | Natural sands | 405 | 443 | 466 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 7 | Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils | 372 | 397 | 463 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| 19 | Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. | 524 | 475 | 431 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
KEY: SCTG = Standard Classification of Transported Goods; P = preliminary; n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.
NOTE: The CFS totals in this table differ from the larger BTS totals specified in the text and in tables 1, 2, and 3 because they do not include additions to account for the out of scope missing pieces and some in-scope segments that were underrepresented in the CFS, such as waterborne and pipeline shipments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the 1993, 1997, and preliminary 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, January 2004.