Table 1-52: Value, Tons, and Ton-Miles of Freight Shipments within the United States by Domestic Establishments, 1997
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Table 1-52: Value, Tons, and Ton-Miles of Freight Shipments within the United States by Domestic Establishments, 1997
| SCTG | Commodity description | Value ($billions) | Percent | Tons (millions) | Percent | Ton-miles (billions) | Percent | Value per ton ($) | Average miles per shipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Live animals and live fish | 6.2 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1,042 | 272 |
| 02 | Cereal grains | 59.6 | 0.9 | 489.7 | 4.4 | 200.6 | 7.5 | 122 | 125 |
| 03 | Other agricultural products | 102.3 | 1.5 | 201.7 | 1.8 | 80.8 | 3.0 | 508 | 438 |
| 04 | Animal feed and products of animal origin (NEC) | 66.8 | 1.0 | 219.7 | 2.0 | 46.8 | 1.8 | 304 | 79 |
| 05 | Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations | 183.8 | 2.6 | 79.5 | 0.7 | 36.4 | 1.4 | 2,312 | 137 |
| 06 | Milled grain products, preparations, and bakery products | 109.9 | 1.6 | 102.7 | 0.9 | 48.5 | 1.8 | 1,069 | 122 |
| 07 | Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils | 346.4 | 5.0 | 396.9 | 3.6 | 124.1 | 4.7 | 873 | 127 |
| 08 | Alcoholic beverages | 87.9 | 1.3 | 81.1 | 0.7 | 27.8 | 1.0 | 1,085 | 58 |
| 09 | Tobacco products | 56.4 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 13,661 | 296 |
| 10 | Monumental or building stone | 2.7 | 0.0 | 15.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 172 | 115 |
| 11 | Natural sands | 4.3 | 0.1 | 442.5 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 1.0 | 10 | 46 |
| 12 | Gravel and crushed stone | 11.5 | 0.2 | 1,814.8 | 16.4 | 92.9 | 3.5 | 6 | 36 |
| 13 | Nonmetallic minerals (NEC) | 11.3 | 0.2 | 235.7 | 2.1 | 52.2 | 2.0 | 48 | 174 |
| 14 | Metallic ores and concentrates | 12.6 | 0.2 | 90.7 | 0.8 | 47.7 | 1.8 | 139 | 303 |
| 15 | Coal | 25.5 | 0.4 | 1,217.0 | 11.0 | 542.3 | 20.4 | 21 | 81 |
| 17 | Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 217.1 | 3.1 | 962.8 | 8.7 | 136.6 | 5.1 | 225 | 45 |
| 18 | Fuel oils | 94.3 | 1.4 | 481.7 | 4.3 | 51.2 | 1.9 | 196 | 28 |
| 19 | Coal and petroleum products (NEC) | 74.9 | 1.1 | 475.1 | 4.3 | 81.9 | 3.1 | 158 | 85 |
| 20 | Basic chemicals | 159.6 | 2.3 | 296.1 | 2.7 | 136.8 | 5.1 | 539 | 332 |
| 21 | Pharmaceutical products | 224.4 | 3.2 | 9.9 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 22,678 | 692 |
| 22 | Fertitizers | 27.3 | 0.4 | 179.1 | 1.6 | 43.6 | 1.6 | 153 | 116 |
| 23 | Chemical products and preparations (NEC) | 209.5 | 3.0 | 92.0 | 0.8 | 45.0 | 1.7 | 2,276 | 333 |
| 24 | Plastics and rubber | 278.8 | 4.0 | 130.4 | 1.2 | 69.1 | 2.6 | 2,138 | 451 |
| 25 | Logs and other wood in the rough | 15.1 | 0.2 | 370.7 | 3.3 | 28.1 | 1.1 | 41 | 85 |
| 26 | Wood products | 126.4 | 1.8 | 329.1 | 3.0 | 96.9 | 3.6 | 384 | 287 |
| 27 | Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard | 106.6 | 1.5 | 152.3 | 1.4 | 83.7 | 3.1 | 700 | 194 |
| 28 | Paper or paperboard articles | 98.3 | 1.4 | 73.5 | 0.7 | 22.0 | 0.8 | 1,338 | 307 |
| 29 | Printed products | 260.3 | 3.7 | 78.1 | 0.7 | 22.8 | 0.9 | 3,335 | 431 |
| 30 | Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather | 379.2 | 5.5 | 45.9 | 0.4 | 24.7 | 0.9 | 8,266 | 912 |
| 31 | Nonmetallic mineral products | 109.2 | 1.6 | 910.1 | 8.2 | 91.4 | 3.4 | 120 | 401 |
| 32 | Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes | 285.7 | 4.1 | 335.9 | 3.0 | 117.5 | 4.4 | 851 | 276 |
| 33 | Articles of base metal | 227.2 | 3.3 | 106.5 | 1.0 | 48.7 | 1.8 | 2,133 | 403 |
| 34 | Machinery | 417.1 | 6.0 | 49.9 | 0.4 | 27.0 | 1.0 | 8,356 | 356 |
| 35 | Electronic and other electrical equipment and components and office equipment | 869.7 | 12.5 | 39.6 | 0.4 | 27.1 | 1.0 | 21,955 | 640 |
| 36 | Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) | 571.0 | 8.2 | 98.1 | 0.9 | 45.9 | 1.7 | 5,822 | 278 |
| 37 | Transportation equipment (NEC) | 129.2 | 1.9 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 23,587 | 796 |
| 38 | Precision instruments and apparatus | 157.9 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 53,741 | 840 |
| 39 | Furniture, mattresses and mattress supports, lamps, lighting fittings, and illuminated signs | 97.3 | 1.4 | 19.9 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 4,885 | 625 |
| 40 | Miscellaneous manufactured products | 420.9 | 6.1 | 112.5 | 1.0 | 39.9 | 1.5 | 3,741 | 860 |
| 41 | Waste and scrap | 32.7 | 0.5 | 177.8 | 1.6 | 40.1 | 1.5 | 184 | 164 |
| 43 | Mixed freight | 230.4 | 3.3 | 110.3 | 1.0 | 17.2 | 0.6 | 2,090 | 252 |
| Commodity unknown | 36.5 | 0.5 | 46.2 | 0.4 | 11.8 | 0.4 | 791 | 499 | |
| All commodities | 6,943.8 | 100.0 | 11,089.8 | 100.0 | 2,661.8 | 100.0 |
KEY: NEC = not elsewhere classified; SCTG=Standard Classification of Transportation Goods.
NOTE
The 1997 Commodity Flow Survey data reported in this table are based on SCTG code, which differs from the code used in the 1993 CFS. Therefore, data in this table are not directly comparable to the 1993 data reported in the 1998 edition of National Transportation Statistics.
SOURCE
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Trasnportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1997 Economic Census, Transportation 1997 Commodity Flow Survey (Washington, DC: December 1999), table 7.