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 metric tons)
| Mode of transportation | Total |
|---|---|
| Air | |
| Machinery, excluding electricals | 0.46 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 0.32 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment or supplies | 0.25 |
| Transportation equipment | 0.24 |
| Instruments, photographic and optical goods, watches or clocks | 0.09 |
| Pipeline | |
| Crude oil | 925.0 |
| Petroleum products | 771.9 |
| Natural gas | 502.6 |
| Rail | |
| Coal | 572.5 |
| Farm products | 158.7 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 131.5 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 123.6 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 118.2 |
| Road | |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 1,364.60 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 900.6 |
| Food or kindred products | 674.2 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 529.0 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 281.7 |
| Water transport | |
| Petroleum and petroleum products | 844.2 |
| Crude materials | 327.1 |
| Coal | 272.5 |
| Food and farm products | 244.3 |
| Chemicals and related products | 119.4 |
| Intermodal (road and rail combination) | |
| Transportation equipment | 6.9 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 1.9 |
| Food or kindred products | 1.7 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 1.5 |
| Pulp, paper or allied products | 1.4 |
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).