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Table 10. Shipment Characteristics by Selected Commodities for Hazardous Materials: 2002

Monday, July 2, 2012

Table 10. Shipment Characteristics by Selected Commodities for Hazardous Materials: 2002

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

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SCTG Code 1 Commodity Description Value - Total
(million $)		 Value - Hazardous Tons - Total
(thousands)		 Tons - Hazardous Ton-miles - Total
(millions)		 Ton-miles - Hazardous
2002
(million $)		 Percent 2002
(thousands)		 Percent 2002
(millions)		 Percent
  Total 8,397,210 660,181 7.9 11,667,919 2,191,519 18.8 3,137,898 326,727 10.4
17 Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 279,407 279,407 100.0 1,063,569 1,063,569 100.0 117,219 117,219 100.0
18 Fuel oils 116,119 116,119 100.0 549,007 549,007 100.0 55,464 55,464 100.0
19 Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. 82,130 41,855 51.0 447,975 199,735 44.6 93,001 40,959 44.0
20 Basic chemicals 153,656 84,087 54.7 347,670 273,077 78.5 115,961 72,552 62.6
22 Fertilizers 34,049 5,587 16.4 264,319 27,987 10.6 87,605 8,376 9.6
23 Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. 226,598 53,008 23.4 105,962 34,891 32.9 53,657 14,324 26.7
&#8211 All other SCTG codes 7,505,251 80,118 1.1 8,889,416 43,253 0.5 2,614,990 17,833 0.7

KEY:
&#8211 Represents an estimate equal to zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of highly sampling variability or poor response quality.

1 SCTG codes were selected based on estimated tons without regard to sampling variability.

NOTE: Percentages represent the proportion of hazardous materials to the two digit commodity total.

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Hazmat Data, December 2004.