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Table 5b. Export Shipment Characteristics by Two-Digit Commodity: 2012 and 2007

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 and 2007 Commodity Flow Surveys. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive)

SCTG code Commodity description Value Tons
2012
(million dollars)
2007
(million dollars)
Percent change 2012
(thousands)
2007
(thousands)
Percent change
  All commodities (1) 1,124,679 873,409 28.8 564,520 479,578 17.7
01 Live animals and live fish 56 S S S S S
02 Cereal grains (includes seed) 17,481 19,782 –11.6 61,495 111,785 –45.0
03 Agricultural products (excludes animal feed, cereal grains, and forage products) 35,411 18,423 92.2 40,820 30,877 32.2
04 Animal feed, eggs, honey, and other products of animal origin 8,249 11,017 –25.1 10,496 17,799 –41.0
05 Meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and their preparations 15,511 10,591 46.4 6,151 5,239 17.4
06 Milled grain products and preparations and bakery products 5,319 4,178 27.3 5,125 4,591 11.6
07-R (2) Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils 21,475 15,659 X 17,174 12,496 X
08-R (3) Alcoholic beverages, and Denatured Alcohol 3,818 3,690 X 1,423 2,123 X
09 Tobacco products 439 273 60.8 39 12 212.0
10 Monumental or building stone 81 27 195.5 172 49 249.5
11 Natural sands 496 188 164.1 2,828 2,030 39.3
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 39 46 –14.3 S 3,309 S
13 Other nonmetallic minerals, n.e.c. 1,516 1,735 –12.6 5,813 6,835 –15.0
14 Metallic ores and concentrates 9,414 9,016 4.4 20,767 4,805 332.2
15 Coal 4,140 2,809 47.4 62,808 46,920 33.9
17-R (4) Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene, and fuel alcohols) 15,370 S X 17,448 S X
18-R (5) Fuel oils (includes diesel, Bunker C, and biodiesel) 32,625 4,542 X 41,164 S X
19 Other coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. 18,033 13,501 33.6 54,017 28,430 90.0
20 Basic chemicals 32,751 35,251 –7.1 15,170 24,335 –37.7
21 Pharmaceutical products 42,511 28,195 50.8 492 598 –17.8
22 Fertilizers S 1,715 S S 7,220 S
23 Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. 33,071 26,464 25.0 6,621 7,298 –9.3
24 Plastics and rubber 51,671 33,705 53.3 16,687 13,181 26.6
25 Logs and other wood in the rough S 1,039 S 1,280 3,175 –59.7
26 Wood products 4,771 4,096 16.5 8,215 6,277 30.9
27 Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard 14,339 10,481 36.8 17,455 13,883 25.7
28 Paper or paperboard articles 3,695 3,240 14.1 3,317 3,073 7.9
29 Printed products 4,573 3,713 23.2 S 1,293 S
30 Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather 25,755 18,667 38.0 4,036 5,286 –23.6
31 Nonmetallic mineral products 8,893 7,562 17.6 8,476 6,274 35.1
32 Base metal in primary or semi finished forms and in finished basic shapes 26,937 29,751 –9.5 12,490 14,146 –11.7
33 Articles of base metal 22,121 22,346 –1.0 5,189 4,955 4.7
34 Machinery 110,099 86,480 27.3 6,783 7,162 –5.3
35 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components and office equipment 185,416 177,376 4.5 3,039 3,681 –17.4
36 Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) 130,581 86,317 51.3 14,244 11,543 23.4
37 Transportation equipment, n.e.c. 59,904 47,038 27.4 659 726 –9.3
38 Precision instruments and apparatus 69,555 57,368 21.2 899 626 43.6
39 Furniture, mattresses and mattress supports, lamps, lighting fittings, and illuminated signs 4,817 3,264 47.6 541 498 8.6
40 Miscellaneous manufactured products 45,628 36,242 25.9 2,840 3,098 –8.3
41 Waste and scrap 37,097 21,456 72.9 66,449 44,062 50.8
43 Mixed freight 15,855 11,473 38.2 3,649 2,640 38.2
99 Commodity unknown 0 S S 0 S S

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

X = Not applicable.

(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.