Table 3-14: Domestic Waterborne Shipments to Arkansas by Commodity: 2000
Table 3-14: Domestic Waterborne Shipments to Arkansas by Commodity: 2000
Commodity | Short tons | Percent of total |
---|---|---|
Total | 6,912,272 | 100.0 |
Sand, gravel, shells, clay, salt, and slag | 2,458,465 | 35.6 |
Iron ore, iron, and steel waste and scrap | 1,449,806 | 21.0 |
Primary metal products | 1,277,702 | 18.5 |
Chemical fertilizers | 541,358 | 7.8 |
Food and food products | 156,950 | 2.3 |
Petroleum products | 129,476 | 1.9 |
Chemicals excluding fertilizers | 91,230 | 1.3 |
Coal, lignite, and coal coke | 29,217 | 0.4 |
Non-ferrous ores and scrap | 19,000 | 0.3 |
Unknown and not elsewhere classified products2 | 759,068 | 11.0 |
1 "Domestic" includes intrastate shipments.
2 To protect confidentiality if three or more vessel operating companies do not carry a particular commodity from a state of origin to a state of destination, then that commodity is reclassified to "unknown and not elsewhere classified products."
SOURCE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, State to State and Region to Region Commodity Tonnages, Public Domain database, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ as of Oct. 30, 2001.