TABLE 4-2 Top Commodities by Weight and Value: 2012
Thursday, April 9, 2015
| Weight | Millions of Tons | Value | Billions of 2007 Dollars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel | 2,319 | Machinery | $1,836 |
| Cereal grains | 1,595 | Electronics | $1,492 |
| Coal | 1,527 | Motorized vehicles | $1,348 |
| Natural gas, coke, asphalt1 | 1,442 | Mixed freight | $1,090 |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 1,442 | Pharmaceuticals | $909 |
| Waste/scrap | 1,368 | Miscellaneous manufactured products | $717 |
| Gasoline | 1,030 | Textiles/leather | $710 |
| Crude petroleum | 783 | Gasoline | $705 |
| Fuel oils | 765 | Plastics/rubber | $601 |
| Natural Sands | 585 | Articles of base metal | $588 |
| Total, all commodities | 19,662 | Total, all commodities | $17,352 |
1This group includes coal and petroleum products not elsewhere classified such as liquefied natural gas, coke, asphalt, and other products of coal and petroleum refining, excluding gasoline, aviation fuel, and fuel oil.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 3.4, 2014 as cited in USDOT, FHWA and Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2013 Freight Facts and Figures, Table 2-4. Available at http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/nat_freight_stats/ as of August 2014.