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Table 5a. Export Shipment Characteristics by Two-Digit Commodity: 2012

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive)

SCTG code Commodity description Value Tons
2012
(million dollars)
Percent of total 2012
(thousands)
Percent of total
  All commodities (1) 1,124,679 100.0 564,520 100.0
01 Live animals and live fish 56 Z S S
02 Cereal grains (includes seed) 17,481 1.6 61,495 10.9
03 Agricultural products (excludes animal feed, cereal grains, and forage products) 35,411 3.1 40,820 7.2
04 Animal feed, eggs, honey, and other products of animal origin 8,249 0.7 10,496 1.9
05 Meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and their preparations 15,511 1.4 6,151 1.1
06 Milled grain products and preparations and bakery products 5,319 0.5 5,125 0.9
07-R (2) Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils 21,475 1.9 17,174 3.0
08-R (3) Alcoholic beverages, and Denatured Alcohol 3,818 0.3 1,423 0.3
09 Tobacco products 439 Z 39 Z
10 Monumental or building stone 81 Z 172 Z
11 Natural sands 496 Z 2,828 0.5
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 39 Z S S
13 Other nonmetallic minerals, n.e.c. 1,516 0.1 5,813 1.0
14 Metallic ores and concentrates 9,414 0.8 20,767 3.7
15 Coal 4,140 0.4 62,808 11.1
17-R (4) Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene, and fuel alcohols) 15,370 1.4 17,448 3.1
18-R (5) Fuel oils (includes diesel, Bunker C, and biodiesel) 32,625 2.9 41,164 7.3
19 Other coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. 18,033 1.6 54,017 9.6
20 Basic chemicals 32,751 2.9 15,170 2.7
21 Pharmaceutical products 42,511 3.8 492 0.1
22 Fertilizers S S S S
23 Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. 33,071 2.9 6,621 1.2
24 Plastics and rubber 51,671 4.6 16,687 3.0
25 Logs and other wood in the rough S S 1,280 0.2
26 Wood products 4,771 0.4 8,215 1.5
27 Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard 14,339 1.3 17,455 3.1
28 Paper or paperboard articles 3,695 0.3 3,317 0.6
29 Printed products 4,573 0.4 S S
30 Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather 25,755 2.3 4,036 0.7
31 Nonmetallic mineral products 8,893 0.8 8,476 1.5
32 Base metal in primary or semi finished forms and in finished basic shapes 26,937 2.4 12,490 2.2
33 Articles of base metal 22,121 2.0 5,189 0.9
34 Machinery 110,099 9.8 6,783 1.2
35 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components and office equipment 185,416 16.5 3,039 0.5
36 Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) 130,581 11.6 14,244 2.5
37 Transportation equipment, n.e.c. 59,904 5.3 659 0.1
38 Precision instruments and apparatus 69,555 6.2 899 0.2
39 Furniture, mattresses and mattress supports, lamps, lighting fittings, and illuminated signs 4,817 0.4 541 0.1
40 Miscellaneous manufactured products 45,628 4.1 2,840 0.5
41 Waste and scrap 37,097 3.3 66,449 11.8
43 Mixed freight 15,855 1.4 3,649 0.6
99 Commodity unknown 0 0.0 0 0.0

KEY: S = Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards.

Z = Rounds to zero.

(1) Estimates exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).

(2) Prior to the 2012 CFS, oils and fats treated for use as biodiesel were included in Commodity Code 07. In the 2012 CFS, oils and fats treated for use as biodiesel moved to Commodity Code 18.

(3) Prior to the 2012 CFS, alcohols intended for use as fuel such as ethanol, although not specifically identified, were included in Commodity Code 08. In the 2012 CFS, ethanol moved to Commodity Code 17.

(4) Prior to the 2012 CFS, fuel alcohols such as ethanol were included in Commodity Code 08, although not specifically identified. Also, kerosene was included in Commodity Code 19. In the 2012 CFS, ethanol, fuel alcohols and kerosene moved to Commodity Code 17.

(5) Prior to the 2012 CFS, biodiesel, although not specifically identified, was included in Commodity Code 07. In the 2012 CFS, biodiesel moved to Commodity Code 18.

NOTES: Value-of-shipments estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Appendix B tables provide estimated measures of sampling variability. The Introduction and appendixes give information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design and definitions. Links to this information on the Internet may be found at <www.census.gov/econ/cfs>.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Economic Census: Transportation Commodity Flow Survey, December 2014.