Table 3-11: Foreign and Domestic Waterborne Shipments Originating in Illinois by Commodity: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 3-11: Foreign and Domestic Waterborne Shipments Originating in Illinois by Commodity: 2000
| Commodity | Short tons | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 94,746,360 | 100.0 |
| Coal, lignite, and coal coke | 37,345,278 | 39.4 |
| Food and food products | 35,404,867 | 37.4 |
| Sand, gravel, shells, clay, salt, and slag | 8,254,771 | 8.7 |
| Petroleum products | 6,560,900 | 6.9 |
| Chemicals excluding fertilizers | 1,175,975 | 1.2 |
| Iron ore, iron, and steel waste and scrap | 552,455 | 0.6 |
| Primary nonmetal products | 421,573 | 0.4 |
| Chemical fertilizers | 221,434 | 0.2 |
| Primary metal products | 119,301 | 0.1 |
| Manufactured goods | 6,120 | <0.1 |
| Unknown and not elsewhere classified products2 | 4,683,686 | 4.9 |
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.wrsc.usace.army.mil/ndc/datapdom.htm as of Oct. 30, 2001.