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Figure 4 - Top 5 Commodities by Rail, January 2018

(Dollars in Millions)

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Dataset Table:

Commodities Jan. 2017 Jan. 2018
Wood 454 450
Computers and Parts 733 709
Mineral Fuels 591 872
Plastics 807 915
Motor Vehicles and Parts 6,545 5,956

Notes:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, https://www.bts.gov/transborder