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SCTG code1 Commodity description Tons2 (thousands) All commodities 13,016,610 12 Gravel and crushed stone 1,885,219 15 Nonagglomerated bituminous coal 1,234,583...Excel | CSV
SCTG code1 Commodity description Value2 (million $) All commodities 11,831,503 35 Electronic and other electrical equipment 1,040,585 43 Mixed freight 974,634 36...Excel | CSV
Industry Value (million $) Percent of total Tons (thousands) Percent of total All industries 11,831,503 100 13,016,610 100...Excel | CSV
Transportation mode Value (million $) Tons (thousands) Value per ton1 (current $/ton) All modes (includes multiple modes) 11,831,503 13,016,610 909...Excel | CSV
Waterborne transportation mode Value (million $) Percent of total Tons (thousands) Percent of total Waterway total1 106,905 100 423,282 100 Shallow draft...Excel | CSV
Highway transportation mode Value (million $) Percent of total Tons (thousands) Percent of total Highway total1 8,363,657 100 8,957,687 100 For-hire truck 4,...Excel | CSV
Transportation mode Value (million $) Percent of total Tons (thousands) Percent of total Ton-miles (millions) Percent...by Michael Margreta, Chester Ford, and M. Adhi Dipo
More than 13 billion tons of freight, valued at $11.8 trillion, were transported nearly 3.5 trillion ton-miles1 in the United States during...
Mixed freight1 (SCTG 43) is among the leading commodity groups by both value and weight of shipments. However, the growth in mixed freight is attributable in large measure to the manner in which goods are...
A critical measurement, calculated from the CFS data, is the mileage traveled by each shipment, used in estimating modal ton-miles of freight. BTS developed an innovative software tool, called GeoMiler,1 to calculate the distance...