Table 5-3c
Top U.S. Domestic Freight Commodities by Mode: 1993
(Millions of metric tons)
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| Air |
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| Machinery, excluding electricals |
0.46 |
| Chemicals or allied products |
0.32 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment or supplies |
0.25 |
| Transportation equipment |
0.24 |
| Instruments, photographic and optical goods, watches
or clocks |
0.09 |
| Pipeline |
|
| Crude oil |
925.0 |
| Petroleum products |
771.9 |
| Natural gas |
502.6 |
| Rail |
|
| Coal |
572.5 |
| Farm products |
158.7 |
| Nonmetallic minerals |
131.5 |
| Petroleum or coal products |
123.6 |
| Chemicals or allied products |
118.2 |
| Road |
|
| Nonmetallic minerals |
1,364.60 |
| Petroleum or coal products |
900.6 |
| Food or kindred products |
674.2 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture |
529.0 |
| Chemicals or allied products |
281.7 |
| Water transport |
|
| Petroleum and petroleum products |
844.2 |
| Crude materials |
327.1 |
| Coal |
272.5 |
| Food and farm products |
244.3 |
| Chemicals and related products |
119.4 |
| Intermodal (road and rail combination) |
|
| Transportation equipment |
6.9 |
| Chemicals or allied products |
1.9 |
| Food or kindred products |
1.7 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture |
1.5 |
| Pulp, paper or allied products |
1.4 |
SOURCES
Air, road and rail: U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. 1993 Commodity Flow Survey. Special tabulation. (Washington, DC: 1998).
Pipeline: U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Special tabulation. (Washington, DC: 1998).
Water transport: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1996; Part 5 - National Summaries. (New Orleans, LA: 1997).
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