Table 6 Freight Shipments by Two-Digit Commodity: 1993, 1997, and 2002
Table 6
Freight Shipments by Two-Digit Commodity: 1993, 1997, and 2002
(Commodity Flow Survey Data Only)
| SCTG | Commodity description | Value (billion current dollars) | Percentage of total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1997 | 2002 (P) | 1993 | 1997 | 2002 (P) | ||
| Ranked by 2002 value | |||||||
| CFS total | 5,846 | 6,944 | 8,483 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| 35 | Electronic, electrical, and office equipment | 515 | 870 | 948 | 8.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 |
| 43 | Mixed freight (1) | 207 | 230 | 858 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 10.1 |
| 36 | Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) | 498 | 571 | 736 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.7 |
| 34 | Machinery | 385 | 417 | 509 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 30 | Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather | 449 | 379 | 507 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 6.0 |
| 21 | Pharmaceutical products | 163 | 224 | 427 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| 40 | Miscellaneous manufactured products | 233 | 421 | 405 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 4.8 |
| 7 | Other prepared foodstuffs, fats, and oils | 347 | 346 | 362 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.3 |
| 24 | Plastics and rubber | 236 | 279 | 343 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 32 | Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes | 145 | 286 | 254 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.0 |
| SCTG | Commodity description | Weight (millions tons) | Percentage of total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1997 | 2002 (P) | 1993 | 1997 | 2002 (P) | ||
| Ranked by 2002 tonnage | |||||||
| CFS total | 9,688 | 11,090 | 11,573 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| 12 | Gravel and crushed stone | 977 | 1,815 | 1,775 | 10.1 | 16.4 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Coal | 1,130 | 1,217 | 1,255 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
| 31 | Nonmetallic mineral products | 817 | 910 | 910 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
| 17 | Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 912 | 963 | 840 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.3 |
| 2 | Cereal grains | 440 | 490 | 579 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| 18 | Fuel oils | 448 | 482 | 508 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 20 | Basic chemicals | 246 | 296 | 497 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.3 |
| 11 | Natural sands | 405 | 443 | 466 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 7 | Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils | 372 | 397 | 463 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| 19 | Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. | 524 | 475 | 431 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| SCTG | Commodity description | Ton-miles (billions) | Percentage of total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1997 | 2002 (P) | 1993 | 1997 | 2002 (P) | ||
| Ranked by 2002 ton-miles | |||||||
| CFS total | 2,421 | 2,661 | 3,204 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| 15 | Coal | 488 | 542 | 562 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 17.6 |
| 2 | Cereal grains | 202 | 201 | 264 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
| 20 | Basic chemicals | 109 | 137 | 174 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 7 | Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils | 127 | 124 | 171 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 17 | Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 102 | 137 | 130 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 3 | Other agricultural products | 74 | 81 | 122 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| 32 | Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes | 70 | 117 | 122 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| 31 | Nonmetallic mineral products | 86 | 91 | 120 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 26 | Wood products | 98 | 97 | 114 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 18 | Fuel oils | 59 | 51 | 109 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
KEY:
SCTG = Standard Classification of Transported Goods;
P = preliminary.
(1) Mixed freight shipments include: supplies and food for restaurants and fast food chains, items (including food) for grocery and convenience stores, hardware or plumbing supplies (not elsewhere classified), office supplies, and miscellaneous.
NOTE: The CFS totals in this table differ from the larger BTS totals specified in the text and in tables 1, 2, and 3 because they do not include additions to account for the out of scope missing pieces and some in-scope segments that were underrepresented in the CFS, such as waterborne and pipeline shipments.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the 1993, 1997, and preliminary 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, January 2004.