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Table 3-8: Rail Shipments Originating in Arizona

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 3-8: Rail Shipments Originating in Arizona

(Short tons)

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Commodity 1999 Percent of total 2000 Percent of total
Glass and stone products 1,314,844 23 1,433,216 25
Metallic ores 1,158,868 21 935,096 16
Primary metal products 972,724 17 847,620 15
Waste and scrap material 497,384 9 544,928 9
Chemicals 281,875 5 423,472 7
All other 1,390,932 25 1,647,591 28
Arizona, total 5,616,627 100 5,831,923 100

NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Includes the five largest commodities (by tonnage terminated or originated) of the 38 two-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Code groupings plus all others for state total. Includes intrastate shipments.

SOURCE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States-2000, Washington, DC: Jan. 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002; and Railroads and States -1999, Washington, DC: Jan. 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002.