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Table 3-3 and 3-3M. Truck Miles by Products Carried: 20021

Most heavy truck miles are made in the carriage of commodities. Nevertheless, about 20 percent of truck miles are made with no product on board.

Table 3-3 (standard units) (millions of miles)
Table in Excel format

Products carried Millions of miles
Total2145,172
Animals and fish, live735
Animal feed and products of animal origin2,088
Grains, cereal1,368
All other agricultural products2,661
Basic chemicals876
Fertilizers and fertilizer materials1,666
Pharmaceutical products305
All other chemical products and preparations1,351
Alcoholic beverages1,124
Bakery and milled grain products3,553
Meat, seafood, and their preparations3,056
Tobacco products445
All other products foodstuff7,428
Logs and other wood in the rough1,149
Paper or paperboard articles3,140
Printed products765
Pulp, newsprint, paper, paperboard1,936
Wood products3,561
Articles of base metal3,294
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms2,881
Nometallic mineral products3,049
Tools, nonpowered7,759
Tools, powered6,478
Electronic and other electrical equipment3,024
Furniture, mattresses, lamps, etc.2,043
Machinery3,225
Miscellaneous manufactured products4,008
Precision instruments and apparatus734
Textile, leather, and related articles1,538
Vehicles, including parts3,844
All other transportation equipment636
Coal 301
Crude petroleum132
Gravel or rushed stone2,790
Metallic ores and concentrates45
Monumental or building stone462
Natural sands1,089
All other nonmetallic minerals499
Fuel oils 1,232
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel849
Plastic and rubber2,393
All other coal and refined petroleum products1,172
Hazardous waste (EPA manifest)190
All other waste and scrape (non-EPA manifest)2,647
Recyclable products922
Mail and courier parcels4,760
Empty shipping containers794
Passengers274
Mixed freight14,659
Products, equipment, or materials not elsewhere classified 265
Products not specified 6,358
Not applicable3150
No product carried28,977

1Excludes pickups, panels, minivans, sport utilities, and station wagons.
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.


Table 3-3M (metric units) (millions of kilometers)
Table in Excel format

Products carried Millions of kilometers
Total2233,632
Animals and fish, live1,182
Animal feed and products of animal origin3,360
Grains, cereal2,202
All other agricultural products4,283
Basic chemicals1,410
Fertilizers and fertilizer materials2,681
Pharmaceutical products491
All other chemical products and preparations 2,174
Alcoholic beverages1,808
Bakery and milled grain products5,717
Meat, seafood, and their preparations4,918
Tobacco products717
All other products foodstuff11,954
Logs and other wood in the rough1,849
Paper or paperboard articles5,053
Printed products1,231
Pulp, newsprint, paper, paperboard3,115
Wood products5,731
Articles of base metal5,301
Base metal in primary or semifinished forms4,637
Nometallic mineral products4,906
Tools, nonpowered 12,487
Tools, powered10,425
Electronic and other electrical equipment4,866
Furniture, mattresses, lamps, etc.3,288
Machinery5,190
Miscellaneous manufactured products6,449
Precision instruments and apparatus1,181
Textile, leather, and related articles2,475
Vehicles, including parts6,186
All other transportation equipment1,024
Coal 484
Crude petroleum 212
Gravel or rushed stone4,490
Metallic ores and concentrates73
Monumental or building stone744
Natural sands1,753
All other nonmetallic minerals802
Fuel oils 1,983
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel1,366
Plastic and rubber3,851
All other coal and refined petroleum products1,886
Hazardous waste (EPA manifest)306
All other waste and scrape (non-EPA manifest)4,261
Recyclable products1,484
Mail and courier parcels7,660
Empty shipping containers1,278
Passengers440
Mixed freight23,591
Products, equipment, or materials not elsewhere classified426
Products not specified10,232
Not applicable3241
No product carried46,634

Key: NA = not available.

1Excludes pickups, panels, minivans, sport utilities, and station wagons.
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 mile = 1.61 kilometers.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey 2002: United States (Washington, DC: 2004) available at http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/02vehinv.html as of July 6, 2005.

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