Freight Facts and Figures 2011

Tables 2-3 and 2-3M. Top Commodities: 2007¹

The top 10 commodities by weight are comprised entirely of bulk products and accounted for 65 percent of total tonnage but only 16 percent of the value of goods moved in 2007. The top 10 commodities by value accounted for 58 percent of total value and only 18 percent of all tons. The leading commodities by weight include gravel, cereal grains, and coal. The leading commodities by value are time-sensitive goods, including machinery, electronics, and motorized vehicles.

Table 2-3 (standard units)

Table in Excel format

Millions of Tons Total, all commodities 18,879 Gravel 2,264 Cereal grains 1,475 Coal 1,445 Non-metallic mineral products 1,393 Waste/scrap 1,325 Natural gas, coke, asphalt2 1,295 Gasoline 1,006 Crude petroleum 837 Fuel oils 745 Natural sands 570

Billions of Dollars Total, all commodities 16,651 Machinery 1,759 Electronics 1,430 Motorized vehicles 1,267 Mixed freight 1,061 Pharmaceuticals 880 Textiles/leather 696 Miscellaneous manufactured products 692 Gasoline 689 Plastics/rubber 578 Articles of base metal 573

¹Many 2007 and 2040 numbers in this table were revised as a result of Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) database improvements in FAF version 3.2.

²This 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, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 3.2, 2011.

 

Table 2-3M (metric units)

Table in Excel format

Millions of Metric Tonnes Total, all commodities 17,128 Gravel 2,054 Cereal grains 1,338 Coal 1,311 Non-metallic mineral products 1,263 Waste/scrap 1,202 Natural gas & related2 1,175 Gasoline 912 Fuel oils 759 Natural sands 676 Crude petroleum 517

Billions of Dollars Total, all commodities 16,536 Machinery 1,762 Electronics 1,432 Motorized vehicles 1,269 Mixed freight 1,058 Pharmaceuticals 880 Textiles/leather 696 Gasoline 691 Miscellaneous manufactured products 689 Plastics/rubber 579 Articles of base metal 573

¹Many 2007 and 2040 numbers in this table were revised as a result of Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) database improvements in FAF version 3.2.

²This 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.

Note:

1 metric tonne = 1.1023 short tons.

Source:

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, Freight Analysis Framework, version 3.2, 2011.

 

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