Table 3-6 : Truck Shipments from North Carolina by Commodity: 1997
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 3-6 : Truck Shipments from North Carolina by Commodity: 1997
(Descending order by weight)
| Commodity (2-digit commodity code) | Value ($ millions) | Weight (thousand short tons) |
|---|---|---|
| Gravel and crushed stone (12) | 555 | 76,196 |
| Logs and other wood in the rough (25) | 632 | 26,283 |
| Nonmetallic mineral products (31) | 3,797 | 20,822 |
| Wood products (26) | 5,801 | 20,657 |
| Natural sands (11) | 134 | 11,813 |
| Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17) | 3,287 | 11,694 |
| Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07) | 8,001 | 11,304 |
| Fuel oils (18) | 1,955 | 8,622 |
| Animal feed and products of animal origin, n.e.c. (04) | 1,715 | 7,288 |
| Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather (30) | 58,287 | 7,109 |
| Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19) | 1,434 | 5,368 |
| Plastics and rubber (24) | 10,349 | 4,502 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products (40) | 7,935 | 3,622 |
| Other agricultural products (03) | 4,054 | 3,336 |
| Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard (27) | 2,663 | 2,980 |
| Basic chemicals (20) | 2,428 | 2,853 |
| Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations (05) | 5,130 | 2,804 |
| Mixed freight (43) | 5,084 | 2,758 |
| Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32) | 3,205 | 2,747 |
| Fertilizers (22) | 427 | 2,614 |
| All other commodities | 106,082 | 27,178 |
| Total, all commodities | 232,955 | 262,550 |
KEY: n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified.
NOTE: There are 41 two-digit Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG) commodity codes.
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.