Freight Facts and Figures 2013
Tables 2-4 and 2-4M. Top Commodities: 2012
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 2012. The top 10 commodities by value accounted for 58 percent of total value and 13 percent of all tons. The leading commodities by weight are bulk goods including gravel, cereal grains, and coal. The leading commodities by value are high value-per-ton goods requiring more rapid delivery, including machinery, electronics, and motorized vehicles.
Table 2-4 (standard units)
 |
Millions of Tons |
|---|---|
| Total, all commodities | 19,662 |
| Gravel | 2,319 |
| Cereal grains | 1,595 |
| Coal | 1,527 |
| Natural gas, coke, asphalt1 | 1,442 |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 1,442 |
| Waste/scrap | 1,368 |
| Gasoline | 1,030 |
| Crude petroleum | 783 |
| Fuel oils | 765 |
| Natural sands | 585 |
|
Billions of 2007 Dollars |
|---|---|
| Total, all commodities | 17,352 |
| Machinery | 1,836 |
| Electronics | 1,492 |
| Motorized vehicles | 1,348 |
| Mixed freight | 1,090 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 909 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products | 717 |
Textiles/leather |
710 |
| Gasoline | 705 |
| Plastics/rubber | 601 |
| Articles of base metal | 588 |
1This 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 3.4, 2014.
Table 2-4M (metric units)
| Millions of Metric Tons |
|---|---|
| Total, all commodities | 17,837 |
| Gravel | 2,103 |
| Cereal grains | 1,447 |
| Coal | 1,385 |
| Natural gas, coke, asphalt1 | 1,308 |
| Non-metallic mineral products | 1,308 |
| Waste/scrap | 1,241 |
| Gasoline | 934 |
| Crude petroleum | 710 |
| Fuel oils | 694 |
| Natural sands | 531 |
|
Billions of 2007 Dollars |
|---|---|
| Total, all commodities | 17,352 |
| Machinery | 1,836 |
| Electronics | 1,492 |
| Motorized vehicles | 1,348 |
| Mixed freight | 1,090 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 909 |
| Textiles/leather | 717 |
| Gasoline | 710 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products | 705 |
| Plastics/rubber | 601 |
| Articles of base metal | 588 |
1This 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 3.4, 2014.
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