Table 5-3c Top U.S. Domestic Freight Commodities by Mode: 1993
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Table 5-3c
Top U.S. Domestic Freight Commodities by Mode: 1993
(Millions of U.S. short tons)
| Mode of transportation | Total |
|---|---|
| Air | |
| Machinery, excluding electricals | 0.51 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 0.36 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment or supplies | 0.28 |
| Transportation equipment | 0.26 |
| Instruments, photographic and optical goods, watches or clocks | 0.10 |
| Pipeline | |
| Crude oil | 1,019.6 |
| Petroleum products | 850.9 |
| Natural gas | 554 |
| Rail | |
| Coal | 631.1 |
| Farm products | 174.9 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 144.9 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 136.2 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 130.3 |
| Road | |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 1,504.2 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 992.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 743.2 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 583.1 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 310.5 |
| Water transport | |
| Petroleum and petroleum products | 930.6 |
| Crude materials | 360.6 |
| Coal | 300.4 |
| Food and farm products | 269.3 |
| Chemicals and related products | 131.6 |
| Intermodal (road and rail combination) | |
| Transportation equipment | 7.6 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 2.1 |
| Food or kindred products | 1.9 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 1.7 |
| Pulp, paper or allied products | 1.6 |
SOURCES
Air, road and rail: U.S. Department of Commerce. U.S. Census Bureau. 1993 Commodity Flow Survey. Special tabulation. (Washington, DC: 1998).
Pipeline: U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Special tabulation. (Washington, DC: 1998).
Water transport: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Waterborne Commerce of the United States, Calendar Year 1996; Part 5 -National Summaries. (New Orleans, LA: 1997).