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Tables 3-11 and 3-11M. Truck Miles by Products Carried: 2002

Approximately three-fourths of the miles traveled by trucks larger than pickups, minivans, and other light vans are for the movement of products that range from electronics to sand and gravel. Most of the remaining mileage is for empty backhauls and empty shipping containers.

Table 3-11 (standard units)

Table in Excel format

Products carried Millions of miles
Total1 145,173
Animals and fish, live  735
Animal feed and products of animal origin 2,088
Grains, cereal  1,368
All other agricultural products 2,661
Basic chemicals 876
Fertilizers and fertilizer materials  1,666
Pharmaceutical products  305
All other chemical products and preparations  1,351
Alcoholic beverages 1,124
Bakery and milled grain products  3,553
Meat, seafood, and their preparations 3,056
Tobacco products 445
All other prepared foodstuffs  7,428
Logs and other wood in the rough 1,149
Paper or paperboard articles 3,140
Printed products  765
Pulp, newsprint, paper, paperboard 1,936
Wood products 3,561
Articles of base metal 3,294
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms  2,881
Nonmetallic mineral products 3,049
Tools, nonpowered  7,759
Tools, powered 6,478
Electronic and other electrical equipment  3,024
Furniture, mattresses, lamps, etc. 2,043
Machinery 3,225
Miscellaneous manufactured products  4,008
Precision instruments and apparatus  734
Textile, leather, and related articles  1,538
Vehicles, including parts 3,844
All other transportation equipment  636
Coal  301
Crude petroleum  132
Gravel or rushed stone 2,790
Metallic ores and concentrates  45
Monumental or building stone  462
Natural sands 1,089
All other nonmetallic minerals 499
Fuel oils  1,232
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel  849
Plastic and rubber 2,393
All other coal and refined petroleum products 1,172
Hazardous waste (EPA manifest) 190
All other waste and scrape (non-EPA manifest) 2,647
Recyclable products 922
Mail and courier parcels 4,760
Empty shipping containers 794
Passengers 274
Mixed freight 14,659
Products, equipment, or materials not elsewhere classified  265
Products not specified  6,358
Not applicable2 150
No product carried 28,977

1Detail lines may not add to total because multiple products/hazardous materials may be carried at the same time.

2Vehicles not in use. When the survey respondent had partial-year ownership of the vehicle, annual miles were adjusted to reflect miles traveled when not owned by the respondent.

Notes:

Includes trucks registered to companies and individuals in the United States except pickups, minivans, other light vans, and sport utility vehicles. Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

Source:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey: United States, EC02TV-US (Washington, DC: 2004), available at www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec02tv-us.pdf as of August 5, 2012.

 

Table 3-11M (metric units)1

Table in Excel format

Products carried  Millions of kilometers
Total2 233,622
Animals and fish, live  1,182
Animal feed and products of animal origin 3,360
Grains, cereal  2,201
All other agricultural products 4,282
Basic chemicals 1,410
Fertilizers and fertilizer materials  2,681
Pharmaceutical products  491
All other chemical products and preparations  2,174
Alcoholic beverages 1,808
Bakery and milled grain products  5,717
Meat, seafood, and their preparations 4,918
Tobacco products 717
All other prepared foodstuffs 11,953
Logs and other wood in the rough 1,849
Paper or paperboard articles 5,052
Printed products  1,231
Pulp, newsprint, paper, paperboard 3,115
Wood products 5,730
Articles of base metal 5,301
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms  4,637
Nonmetallic mineral products 4,906
Tools, nonpowered  12,487
Tools, powered 10,424
Electronic and other electrical equipment  4,866
Furniture, mattresses, lamps, etc. 3,288
Machinery 5,190
Miscellaneous manufactured products  6,449
Precision instruments and apparatus  1,181
Textile, leather, and related articles  2,475
Vehicles, including parts 6,186
All other transportation equipment  1,024
Coal  484
Crude petroleum  212
Gravel or rushed stone 4,490
Metallic ores and concentrates  73
Monumental or building stone  744
Natural sands 1,753
All other nonmetallic minerals 802
Fuel oils  1,983
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel  1,365
Plastic and rubber 3,850
All other coal and refined petroleum products 1,886
Hazardous waste (EPA manifest) 306
All other waste and scrape (non-EPA manifest) 4,260
Recyclable products 1,484
Mail and courier parcels 7,660
Empty shipping containers 1,278
Passengers 440
Mixed freight 23,590
Products, equipment, or materials not elsewhere classified  426
Products not specified  10,232
Not applicable3 241
No product carried 46,632

1Excludes pickups, minivans, other light vans, and sport utility vehicles.

2Detail lines may not add to total because multiple products/hazardous materials may be carried at the same time.

3Vehicles not in use. When the respondent had partial-year ownership of the vehicle, annual miles were adjusted to reflect miles traveled when not owned by the respondent.

Note:

1 kilometer = 0.6214 miles.

Sources:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey: United States, EC02TV-US (Washington, DC: 2004), available at www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec02tv-us.pdf as of August 5, 2012.

 


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