Figure 11 Average Length of Haul by Major Commodity Group: 2002*
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Figure 11
Average Length of Haul by Major Commodity Group: 2002*
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(Commodity Flow Survey Data Only) (Average miles per ton)
| Commodity Description | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1997 | 1993 | |
| Total CFS goods | 277 | 240 | 250 |
| Textiles, leather, and products | 649 | 538 | 560 |
| Electronic, electrical, and office equipment | 612 | 683 | 682 |
| Transportation equipment, n.e.c. | 606 | 686 | 570 |
| Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard | 590 | 549 | 544 |
| Plastics and rubber | 571 | 530 | 575 |
| Machinery | 551 | 542 | 536 |
| Pharmaceutical products | 530 | 564 | 630 |
| Metallic ores and concentrates | 512 | 526 | 247 |
| Printed products | 505 | 292 | 324 |
| Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c | 499 | 489 | 472 |
| Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations | 492 | 458 | 459 |
| Cereal grains | 456 | 410 | 459 |
| Coal | 448 | 446 | 432 |
| Milled grain and bakery products | 443 | 472 | 417 |
| Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) | 442 | 468 | 540 |
| Other agricultural products | 440 | 400 | 371 |
| Furniture, mattresses and lighting products | 430 | 581 | 584 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products | 409 | 354 | 491 |
| Articles of base metal | 384 | 457 | 369 |
| Base metal in primary or finished forms | 373 | 350 | 387 |
| Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils | 370 | 313 | 340 |
| Wood products | 355 | 294 | 282 |
| Paper or paperboard articles | 351 | 299 | 301 |
| Basic chemicals | 350 | 462 | 442 |
| Fertilizers | 347 | 243 | 389 |
| Animal feed and products of animal origin, n.e.c | 323 | 213 | 243 |
| Live animals and live fish | 309 | 253 | 239 |
| Nonmetallic minerals n.e.c | 306 | 222 | 212 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 273 | 343 | 247 |
| Waste and scrap | 233 | 226 | 205 |
| Precision instruments and apparatus | 224 | 738 | 556 |
| Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. | 223 | 172 | 217 |
| Tobacco products | 217 | 245 | 315 |
| Fuel oils | 215 | 106 | 132 |
| Mixed freight | 174 | 156 | 147 |
| Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 155 | 142 | 111 |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 132 | 100 | 105 |
| Logs and other wood in the rough | 103 | 76 | 109 |
| Monumental or building stone | 79 | 93 | 42 |
| Natural sands | 73 | 58 | 68 |
| Gravel and crushed stone | 59 | 51 | 59 |
KEY: * 2002 data are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the Preliminary 2002 Commodity Flow Survey data, January 2004.