Table 3-11: Foreign and Domestic Waterborne Shipments Originating in Georgia by Commodity: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 3-11: Foreign and Domestic Waterborne Shipments Originating in Georgia by Commodity: 2000
| Commodity | Short tons | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 9,123,339 | 100.0 |
| Sand, gravel, shells, clay, salt, and slag | 2,748,684 | 30.1 |
| Lumber, logs, wood chips, and pulp | 1,342,060 | 14.7 |
| Primary nonmetal products | 1,003,000 | 11.0 |
| Food and food products | 987,314 | 10.8 |
| Chemicals excluding fertilizers | 798,395 | 8.8 |
| Petroleum products | 701,474 | 7.7 |
| Manufactured goods | 653,885 | 7.2 |
| Primary metal products | 120,623 | 1.3 |
| Non-ferrous ores and scrap | 29,361 | 0.3 |
| Chemical fertilizers | 23,408 | 0.3 |
| Iron ore, iron, and steel waste and scrap | 2,304 | <0.1 |
| Coal, lignite, and coal coke | 548 | <0.1 |
| Crude petroleum | 202 | <0.1 |
| Unknown and not elsewhere classified products2 | 712,081 | 7.8 |
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.