Table 3-14: Domestic Waterborne Shipments to Virginia by Commodity: 2000
Table 3-14: Domestic Waterborne Shipments to Virginia by Commodity: 2000
| Commodity | Short tons | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 12,188,498 | 100.0 |
| Sand, gravel, shells, clay, salt, and slag | 6,041,326 | 49.6 |
| Petroleum products | 3,006,069 | 24.7 |
| Food and food products | 287,076 | 2.4 |
| Chemical fertilizers | 249,743 | 2.0 |
| Chemicals excluding fertilizers | 174,678 | 1.4 |
| Crude petroleum | 152,556 | 1.3 |
| Unknown and not elsewhere classified products2 | 2,277,050 | 18.7 |
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.