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Table 13. Shipment Characteristics by Four-Digit Commodity: 2002

[Estimates are based on data from the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]

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Code SCTG Description SCTG (4-Digit) Value Tons Ton-miles1 Average miles per shipment
2002
(million $)		 Percent of total 2002
(thousands)		 Percent of total 2002
(millions)		 Percent of total
  All commodities2 8,397,210 100.0 11,667,919 100.0 3,137,898 100.0 546
0100 Live animals and live fish 7,410 – 6,118 – 1,586 – 530
0210 Wheat 13,103 0.2 110,165 0.9 46,334 1.5 213
0220 Corn, except sweet 33,465 0.4 389,568 3.3 191,932 6.1 104
0290 Other cereal grains 7,267 – 61,356 0.5 25,972 0.8 178
0310 Fresh or chilled potatoes (Irish potatoes), except sweet 5,547 – 9,411 – 7,676 0.2 111
0321 Fresh or chilled vegetables, except potatoes (Irish potatoes) 30,053 0.4 36,266 0.3 13,122 0.4 93
0322 Dried vegetables 3,945 – 3,454 – 3,340 0.1 551
0331 Fresh or chilled citrus fruit 3,632 – 6,118 – S S 635
0332 Fresh or chilled edible fruit, except citrus 19,212 0.2 17,577 0.2 9,317 0.3 1,337
0333 Dried fruit S S S S S S 732
0334 Fresh or dried nuts 2,325 – 623 – 734 – 1,075
0340 Soya beans 27,923 0.3 157,527 1.4 54,615 1.7 102
0350 Oil seeds and nuts, except olives and soya beans 5,062 – 7,566 – 4,535 0.1 505
0360 Bulbs, live plants, and seeds for sowing nec 5,602 – 2,574 – 1,166 – 1,139
0391 Fresh-cut flowers 5,891 – 705 – S S S
0392 Unmanufactured tobacco 3,982 – 735 – S S 155
0393 Raw cotton not carded or combed 4,270 – 4,545 – 3,477 0.1 547
0399 Other 4,586 – 7,631 – 4,100 0.1 464
0411 Cereal straw or husks and forage products S S S S 1,137 – S
0412 Inedible flours, meals, and pellets of meat, fish, or seafood, and greaves 1,680 – 8,337 – 4,241 0.1 367
0413 Bran, sharps, and other residues of cereals or leguminous plants 854 – 12,356 0.1 4,561 0.1 190
0414 Oil cake and other solid residues from the man 2,901 – 18,510 0.2 8,084 0.3 236
0419 Other 7,490 – 19,774 0.2 8,192 0.3 S
0421 Dog or cat food put up for retail sale 11,027 0.1 13,400 0.1 6,444 0.2 367
0429 Other, including complete feeds, premixes, bird seed, fish food, and feed 26,288 0.3 139,801 1.2 18,499 0.6 182
0511 Fresh, chilled, or frozen, except poultry 94,476 1.1 34,599 0.3 18,171 0.6 171
0512 Fresh, chilled, or frozen poultry 65,310 0.8 38,406 0.3 16,997 0.5 116
0513 Meat, salted, in brine, dried, or smoked, edible flours and meals, and pig 14,125 0.2 4,687 – 2,248 – 272
0520 Fish, except live, and seafood, except preparations 24,148 0.3 4,207 – 2,204 – 135
0531 Of meat, including poultry 2,362 – 2,190 – S S 247
0532 Of fish or seafood 883 – S S 433 – 539
0610 Wheat flour, groats, and meal 7,840 – 27,967 0.2 7,085 0.2 469
0621 Malt S S S S S S 438
0629 Other 6,715 – 18,565 0.2 12,543 0.4 402
0631 Pasta, including stuffed, canned, frozen, or dried, and couscous 7,101 – 6,088 – 4,972 0.2 628
0632 Breakfast cereal foods, rice cakes, and similar prepared foods obtained by 12,656 0.2 5,513 – 3,487 0.1 534
0639 Other 21,014 0.3 18,170 0.2 6,830 0.2 250
0641 Baked snack foods 12,379 0.1 4,148 – 1,125 – S
0642 Frozen baked products 9,014 0.1 4,426 – 2,798 – 349
0643 Perishable or dry baked products 35,707 0.4 21,480 0.2 7,301 0.2 176
0711 Milk and cream 29,545 0.4 50,055 0.4 6,580 0.2 67
0712 Cheese and curds 28,639 0.3 10,651 – 5,551 0.2 379
0713 Ice cream or ice milk and their novelties, water ices, and sherbets 13,038 0.2 7,737 – 3,406 0.1 100
0719 Other 21,537 0.3 28,577 0.2 5,071 0.2 80
0721 Frozen vegetables and vegetable preparations 11,920 0.1 11,970 0.1 8,247 0.3 217
0722 Processed or prepared vegetables, except frozen, dried, or milled 30,660 0.4 26,272 0.2 15,598 0.5 187
0723 Processed or prepared fruit and nuts, except dried 10,658 0.1 7,181 – 7,066 0.2 581
0724 Juices, except those fortified with vitamins or minerals, but including 12,358 0.1 15,264 0.1 9,473 0.3 S
0730 Coffee, tea, and spices, except unprocessed coffee and unfermented tea 15,079 0.2 4,408 – 2,873 – 353
0741 Animal fats and oils and their fractions, not chemically modified 1,670 – S S 1,826 – 271
0742 Fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, not chemically modified 10,375 0.1 18,364 0.2 11,362 0.4 399
0743 Chemically modified fats and oils, prepared edible fats, and animal or 4,121 – 4,398 – 2,327 – 135
0744 Flours and meals of oil seeds, except of mustard 4,589 – 27,720 0.2 9,480 0.3 165
0750 Cane, beet, and other sugars in solid form, sugar syrups not containing 11,502 0.1 37,603 0.3 24,863 0.8 296
0761 Confectionery 19,458 0.2 5,686 – 3,653 0.1 903
0762 Cocoa beans, paste, butter, and powder, and cocoa preparations 776 – 397 – 198 – 788
0771 Sauces, mixed condiments and seasonings, prepared mustard, and mustard 23,457 0.3 20,197 0.2 11,947 0.4 383
0772 Soups and broths and their preparations and baby or dietetic food 8,944 0.1 6,704 – 5,429 0.2 747
0773 Syrups and concentrates, and flavoring powders, extracts, or essences 12,056 0.1 7,243 – 3,569 0.1 291
0779 Other 12,711 0.2 4,972 – 2,203 – 706
0781 Sweetened or flavored water 64,117 0.8 122,907 1.1 14,883 0.5 56
0789 Other 8,351 0.1 25,425 0.2 5,963 0.2 34
0810 Malt beer 64,250 0.8 68,395 0.6 14,862 0.5 38
0820 Wine and other fermented beverages 21,974 0.3 8,686 – 5,725 0.2 114
0831 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of a strength by volume of 80 percent volume or 6,100 – 8,797 – 4,331 0.1 S
0832 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 16,667 0.2 3,555 – 817 – 54
0901 Cigarettes 60,998 0.7 3,674 – 773 – 60
0909 Other 8,870 0.1 696 – 210 – 801
1001 Calcareous monumental or building stone 426 – S S 304 – 174
1002 Monumental or building stone, except calcareous and dolomite 2,613 – 15,877 0.1 1,267 – 168
1101 Silica sands and quartz sands, for construction use 1,918 – 363,343 3.1 17,497 0.6 32
1102 Silica sands and quartz sands, for uses other than construction, and other 1,726 – 109,632 0.9 12,493 0.4 91
1201 Limestone and chalk (calcium carbonate) 6,027 – 823,559 7.1 47,235 1.5 33
1202 Gravel and crushed stone, except dolomite, slate, and limestone 6,824 – 1,042,928 8.9 58,591 1.9 27
1310 Salt 2,394 – 30,786 0.3 11,584 0.4 227
1320 Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum-calcium phosphates, and 334 – 7,865 – 578 – 215
1330 Dolomite 551 – 82,923 0.7 19,247 0.6 51
1391 Sulphur, except sublimed, precipitated, and colloidal 30 – 347 – S S 238
1392 Clays 4,118 – 27,857 0.2 13,041 0.4 400
1399 Other 2,639 – 34,853 0.3 11,998 0.4 199
1410 Iron ores and concentrates 2,937 – 86,701 0.7 58,699 1.9 510
1491 Copper 2,025 – 2,061 – 737 – 256
1499 Other 9,065 0.1 9,505 – 3,592 0.1 533
1510 Nonagglomerated bituminous coal 21,637 0.3 1,131,130 9.7 678,647 21.6 128
1591 Nonagglomerated anthracite S S S S S S 13
1592 Nonagglomerated lignite, except jet 1,045 – 100,378 0.9 6,668 0.2 44
1593 Agglomerated coal S S S S S S S
1710 Gasoline 263,181 3.1 986,959 8.5 107,483 3.4 51
1720 Aviation turbine fuel (types A and B) 16,226 0.2 76,610 0.7 9,736 0.3 96
1800 Fuel oils 116,119 1.4 549,007 4.7 55,464 1.8 32
1910 Lubricating oils and greases containing by weight 70 percent or more of 26,342 0.3 29,013 0.2 9,235 0.3 136
1920 Refined petroleum oils and oils obtained from 13,002 0.2 64,612 0.6 14,160 0.5 77
1931 Liquefied natural gas 300 – S S 105 – 972
1932 Liquefied gaseous hydrocarbons, except liquefied natural gas 18,909 0.2 71,478 0.6 14,069 0.4 50
1933 Gaseous hydrocarbons in a gaseous state 623 – S S 185 – S
1991 Coal coke, petroleum coke, and retort carbon 2,246 – 64,289 0.6 22,060 0.7 S
1992 Petroleum asphalt 6,195 – 45,344 0.4 12,108 0.4 136
1993 Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, natural bitumen, petroleum 8,158 0.1 131,305 1.1 8,846 0.3 41
1999 Other 6,354 – 32,872 0.3 12,233 0.4 314
2010 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) and potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) 3,760 – 23,732 0.2 9,870 0.3 168
2021 Sublimed, precipitated, or colloidal sulphur 349 – 9,304 – 3,361 0.1 278
2022 Inorganic acids, except nitric and phosphoric 3,399 – 23,277 0.2 5,763 0.2 276
2023 Aluminum oxide and aluminum hydroxide 717 – S S S S 390
2024 Industrial gases 9,803 0.1 64,187 0.6 7,349 0.2 S
2025 Sodium or potassium compounds, nec 3,548 – 18,518 0.2 8,740 0.3 352
2026 Metal compounds, nec 10,525 0.1 5,524 – 3,613 0.1 583
2029 Other 15,625 0.2 32,949 0.3 13,661 0.4 512
2030 Cyclic hydrocarbons 9,729 0.1 21,293 0.2 4,732 0.2 303
2041 Acyclic alcohols 6,037 – S S 2,894 – 624
2042 Phenols, phenol-alcohols, aldehydes, cyclic polymers of aldehydes, 3,067 – 4,565 – 2,724 – 936
2043 Organic acids 4,787 – 4,932 – 2,997 0.1 1,188
2050 Organic chemicals, nec 82,312 1.0 119,424 1.0 48,863 1.6 702
2100 Pharmaceutical products 479,117 5.7 24,270 0.2 11,337 0.4 693
2201 Animal or vegetable fertilizers and fertilizers produced by the mixing or 1,744 – 3,666 – 1,970 – S
2202 Nitrogenous mineral or chemical fertilizers 9,923 0.1 66,011 0.6 23,286 0.7 S
2203 Phosphatic mineral or chemical fertilizers 5,801 – S S 15,357 0.5 201
2204 Potassic mineral or chemical fertilizers 1,703 – 12,135 0.1 4,753 0.2 198
2209 Other 14,879 0.2 91,327 0.8 S S 207
2311 Paints and varnishes 43,248 0.5 18,884 0.2 9,404 0.3 256
2312 Vegetable tanning extracts and coloring matter, tannins and their 8,414 0.1 2,156 – 1,122 – 355
2320 Essential oils and resinoids, and perfumery, cosmetic, or toilet preparations 43,207 0.5 11,478 0.1 5,954 0.2 591
2330 Soap, organic surface-active agents, cleaning preparations, polishes and 35,932 0.4 24,943 0.2 15,173 0.5 349
2340 Photographic film, plates, paper, paperboard, or textiles, and chemical 27,386 0.3 3,074 – 1,688 – 266
2350 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbic 22,567 0.3 7,136 – 2,334 – 361
2390 Other chemical products and preparations 45,844 0.5 38,292 0.3 17,982 0.6 421
2410 Plastics in primary forms, rubber in primary forms or sheets, and 64,685 0.8 54,046 0.5 35,650 1.1 385
2421 Manmade fibers and plastics basic shapes 74,946 0.9 26,245 0.2 14,651 0.5 503
2422 Articles 108,909 1.3 39,892 0.3 19,081 0.6 452
2431 Tires and related products 52,733 0.6 14,629 0.1 8,466 0.3 269
2439 Other 24,400 0.3 5,163 – 2,980 – 368
2501 Logs for pulping (pulpwood) S S S S S S 78
2502 Logs for lumber 2,300 – S S 3,067 0.1 S
2509 Other 2,968 – 9,729 – 2,239 – 195
2610 Wood chips or particles 2,543 – 81,728 0.7 8,286 0.3 86
2621 Lumber 50,555 0.6 142,327 1.2 54,183 1.7 142
2622 Wood continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces and shingles and 17,721 0.2 18,588 0.2 7,029 0.2 232
2631 Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood 3,616 – 5,974 – 1,445 – 279
2632 Particle board, fiberboard, and similar board of wood or other ligneous 11,724 0.1 36,543 0.3 24,853 0.8 376
2633 Plywood, veneered panels, and similar laminated wood 16,867 0.2 25,466 0.2 14,827 0.5 191
2640 Builders joinery and carpentry of wood, except shingles and shakes 42,441 0.5 13,945 0.1 3,739 0.1 261
2690 Other wood products