Table 3-6 : Truck Shipments from Illinois by Commodity: 1997
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 3-6 : Truck Shipments from Illinois by Commodity: 1997
(Descending order by weight)
| Commodity (2-digit commodity code) | Value($ millions) | Weight(thousand short tons) |
|---|---|---|
| Gravel and crushed stone (12) | 394 | 66,057 |
| Cereal grains (02) | 3,753 | 36,414 |
| Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32) | 20,977 | 21,944 |
| Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17) | 5,033 | 19,884 |
| Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07) | 18,181 | 19,513 |
| Coal (15) | 450 | 16,172 |
| Other agricultural products (03) | 5,019 | 14,565 |
| Waste and scrap (41) | 3,035 | 11,544 |
| Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19) | 2,330 | 10,371 |
| Fuel oils (18) | 1,701 | 8,565 |
| Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. (23) | 15,060 | 7,618 |
| Animal feed and products of animal origin, n.e.c. (04) | 3,899 | 7,427 |
| Plastics and rubber (24) | 17,308 | 6,708 |
| Fertilizers (22) | 1,269 | 6,043 |
| Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products (06) | 5,817 | 5,427 |
| Articles of base metal (33) | 12,149 | 5,355 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products (40) | 15,672 | 4,980 |
| Basic chemicals (20) | 3,250 | 4,463 |
| Machinery (34) | 23,317 | 3,798 |
| Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard (27) | 3,299 | 3,721 |
| Mixed freight (42) | 6,819 | 3,203 |
| All other commodities | 89,030 | 189,455 |
| Total, all commodities | 257,762 | 473,227 |
KEY: n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.
NOTE: There are 41 two-digit Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG) commodity codes group.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey, Washington, DC: 2000, data from CD-ROM, CD-EC97-CFS.