Table 4-7 Top 10 Shipments by Air, Ranked by Value: 1997
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Table 4-7
Top 10 Shipments by Air, Ranked by Value: 1997
SCTG | Commodity | Value ($ millions) |
Tons (thousands) |
Ton-miles (millions) |
---|---|---|---|---|
35 | Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment and Components and Office Equipment |
89,325 | 634 | 863 |
37 | Transportation Equipment, NEC | 55,500 | 78 | 100 |
38 | Precision Instruments and Apparatus | 17,475 | 135 | 151 |
40 | Miscellaneous Manufactured Products | 16,373 | 200 | 325 |
34 | Machinery | 12,055 | 305 | 474 |
21 | Pharmaceutical Products | 10,524 | 71 | 98 |
29 | Printed Products | 7,090 | 337 | 418 |
36 | Motorized and Other Vehicles (Including Parts) | 5,387 | 370 | 376 |
30 | Textiles, Leather, and Articles of Textiles or Leather | 3,699 | 115 | 185 |
33 | Articles of Base Metal | 1,976 | 355 | 507 |
Total | 229,062 | 4,475 | 6,233 |
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau; and U.S.
Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
1997 Commodity Flow Survey, EC97TCF-US (Washington, DC: 1999).
Key: NEC = Not Elsewhere Classified; SCTG = Standard Classification
of Transported Goods.