"Table 12. Shipment Characteristics by Four-Digit Commodity for the United States: 1997"
"SCTG Code","Commodity Description","Value($ mil)","Tons(K)","Ton-miles(mil)","Avg. miles"
"    ","All commodities                                                               ",6943988,11089733,2661363,472
"0100","Live animals and live fish                                                    ",6173,5922,1497,272
"0210","Wheat                                                                         ",16650,124177,44756,193
"0220","Corn, except sweet                                                            ",31350,304882,129781,85
"0290","Other cereal grains                                                           ",11642,60634,26057,201
"0310","Fresh or chilled potatoes (Irish potatoes), except sweet                      ",5876,12546,3974,73
"0321","Fresh or chilled vegetables, except potatoes (Irish potatoes)                 ",20347,22888,7597,70
"0322","Dried vegetables                                                              ",3176,3871,2490,669
"0331","Fresh or chilled citrus fruit                                                 ",3389,5241,3758,743
"0332","Fresh or chilled edible fruit, except citrus                                  ",13927,18045,6989,160
"0333","Dried fruit                                                                   ",1370,708,725,553
"0334","Fresh or dried nuts                                                           ",1838,416,335,1183
"0340","Soya beans                                                                    ",27864,111344,42685,76
"0350","Oil seeds and nuts, except olives and soya beans                              ",3825,9595,3682,348
"0360","Bulbs, live plants, and seeds for sowing n.e.c.                               ",6090,3905,2310,714
"0391","Fresh-cut flowers                                                             ",4110,970,S,144
"0392","Unmanufactured tobacco                                                        ",3229,548,129,504
"0393","Raw cotton not carded or combed                                               ",3421,2154,1329,624
"0399","Other                                                                         ",3882,9428,4314,722
"0411","Cereal straw or husks and forage products                                     ",828,6676,1556,S
"0412","Inedible flours, meals, and pellets of meat, fish, or seafood, and greaves    ",2514,8991,2522,177
"0413","Bran, sharps, and other residues of cereals or leguminous plants              ",1311,11576,2920,101
"0414","Oil cake and other solid residues from the manufacture of vegetable fats or...",3921,16353,8297,178
"0419","Other                                                                         ",9989,21296,8285,S
"0421","Dog or cat food put up for retail sale                                        ",14889,17757,8492,106
"0429","Other, including complete feeds, premixes, bird seed, fish food, and feed...  ",33396,137049,14698,65
"0511","Fresh, chilled, or frozen, except poultry                                     ",100438,42761,21126,128
"0512","Fresh, chilled, or frozen poultry                                             ",40434,24570,8816,108
"0513","Meat, salted, in brine, dried, or smoked, edible flours and meals, and pig... ",12971,4621,2275,256
"0520","Fish, except live, and seafood, except preparations                           ",25124,5197,2694,114
"0531","Of meat, including poultry                                                    ",3378,1814,1095,405
"0532","Of fish or seafood                                                            ",1439,522,377,368
"0610","Wheat flour, groats, and meal                                                 ",7324,25781,8936,151
"0621","Malt                                                                          ",1139,3641,3199,644
"0629","Other                                                                         ",8263,20834,15013,213
"0631","Pasta, including stuffed, canned, frozen, or dried, and couscous              ",5856,3680,2326,264
"0632","Breakfast cereal foods, rice cakes, and similar prepared foods obtained by... ",5536,3223,2036,422
"0639","Other                                                                         ",19375,12165,5221,252
"0641","Baked snack foods                                                             ",9666,3718,1698,96
"0642","Frozen baked products                                                         ",11655,6079,3299,202
"0643","Perishable or dry baked products                                              ",41040,23601,6758,92
"0711","Milk and cream                                                                ",22288,40994,5538,49
"0712","Cheese and curds                                                              ",27907,10001,5386,223
"0713","Ice cream or ice milk and their novelties, water ices, and sherbets           ",8937,6117,1724,74
"0719","Other                                                                         ",16830,19354,3737,51
"0721","Frozen vegetables and vegetable preparations                                  ",16713,12868,6983,130
"0722","Processed or prepared vegetables, except frozen, dried, or milled             ",32320,22497,8825,67
"0723","Processed or prepared fruit and nuts, except dried                            ",11298,8748,7395,725
"0724","Juices, except those fortified with vitamins or minerals, but including...    ",11007,11722,5961,151
"0730","Coffee, tea, and spices, except unprocessed coffee and unfermented tea        ",13512,3589,1736,183
"0741","Animal fats and oils and their fractions, not chemically modified             ",1999,4966,1857,294
"0742","Fixed vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, not chemically modified    ",11306,17504,8879,213
"0743","Chemically modified fats and oils, prepared edible fats, and animal or...     ",5575,5887,2724,114
"0744","Flours and meals of oil seeds, except of mustard                              ",4068,15566,6414,162
"0750","Cane, beet, and other sugars in solid form, sugar syrups not containing...    ",14198,38764,22899,262
"0761","Confectionery                                                                 ",24506,6680,3467,499
"0762","Cocoa beans, paste, butter, and powder, and cocoa preparations                ",972,514,431,414
"0771","Sauces, mixed condiments and seasonings, prepared mustard, and mustard...     ",17993,13866,8160,322
"0772","Soups and broths and their preparations and baby or dietetic food preparations",9189,4831,2590,452
"0773","Syrups and concentrates, and flavoring powders, extracts, or essences         ",11689,6708,2486,235
"0779","Other                                                                         ",15112,7622,3808,478
"0781","Sweetened or flavored water                                                   ",59443,112512,9731,37
"0789","Other                                                                         ",9517,25572,3381,33
"0810","Malt beer                                                                     ",52836,65083,18774,31
"0820","Wine and other fermented beverages                                            ",16207,7184,5218,170
"0831","Undenatured ethyl alcohol of a strength by volume of 80 percent volume or...  ",3223,4953,2495,87
"0832","Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than...  ",15666,3859,1325,55
"0901","Cigarettes                                                                    ",48591,3455,789,136
"0909","Other                                                                         ",7803,673,222,712
"1001","Calcareous monumental or building stone                                       ",661,5427,328,88
"1002","Monumental or building stone, except calcareous and dolomite                  ",2065,10467,1144,123
"1101","Silica sands and quartz sands, for construction use                           ",2156,332243,14481,35
"1102","Silica sands and quartz sands, for uses other than construction, and other... ",2123,110265,10979,82
"1201","Limestone and chalk (calcium carbonate)                                       ",4924,820836,52362,37
"1202","Gravel and crushed stone, except dolomite, slate, and limestone               ",6583,993926,40500,35
"1310","Salt                                                                          ",3160,34567,15721,110
"1320","Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum-calcium phosphates, and...       ",760,18349,2261,549
"1330","Dolomite                                                                      ",665,88256,4820,32
"1391","Sulphur, except sublimed, precipitated, and colloidal                         ",S,1499,627,235
"1392","Clays                                                                         ",2720,51095,14865,238
"1399","Other                                                                         ",3856,41964,13935,282
"1410","Iron ores and concentrates                                                    ",2208,65699,40514,144
"1491","Copper                                                                        ",3644,13579,2514,364
"1499","Other                                                                         ",6753,11428,4638,334
"1510","Nonagglomerated bituminous coal                                               ",23597,1114435,539817,87
"1591","Nonagglomerated anthracite                                                    ",S,7726,658,50
"1592","Nonagglomerated lignite, except jet                                           ",953,89604,933,20
"1593","Agglomerated coal                                                             ",224,5273,S,91
"1710","Gasoline                                                                      ",203621,857637,109976,45
"1720","Aviation turbine fuel (types A and B)                                         ",13429,105178,26663,62
"1800","Fuel oils                                                                     ",94309,481682,51171,28
"1910","Lubricating oils and greases containing by weight 70 percent or more of...    ",24474,36888,15164,126
"1920","Refined petroleum oils and oils obtained from                                 ",10526,53113,11879,57
"1931","Liquefied natural gas                                                         ",227,S,208,S
"1932","Liquefied gaseous hydrocarbons, except liquefied natural gas                  ",15221,56902,6410,39
"1933","Gaseous hydrocarbons in a gaseous state                                       ",1215,2868,571,73
"1991","Coal coke, petroleum coke, and retort carbon                                  ",4408,74299,22349,119
"1992","Petroleum asphalt                                                             ",6826,59306,11321,133
"1993","Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, natural bitumen, petroleum...   ",6561,138293,7201,39
"1999","Other                                                                         ",5441,51718,6770,109
"2010","Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) and potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)      ",5880,33500,16637,271
"2021","Sublimed, precipitated, or colloidal sulphur                                  ",516,10357,4494,283
"2022","Inorganic acids, except nitric and phosphoric                                 ",4473,37601,12535,224
"2023","Aluminum oxide and aluminum hydroxide                                         ",1871,4747,S,325
"2024","Industrial gases                                                              ",7024,34856,4950,35
"2025","Sodium or potassium compounds, n.e.c.                                         ",5133,21686,17114,299
"2026","Metal compounds, n.e.c.                                                       ",8322,7992,2831,190
"2029","Other                                                                         ",14835,23712,12145,404
"2030","Cyclic hydrocarbons                                                           ",7411,12216,4057,214
"2041","Acyclic alcohols                                                              ",4744,6534,3085,239
"2042","Phenols, phenol-alcohols, aldehydes, cyclic polymers of aldehydes,...         ",6499,7942,3797,408
"2043","Organic acids                                                                 ",8529,10201,S,428
"2050","Organic chemicals, n.e.c.                                                     ",84384,84712,43518,651
"2100","Pharmaceutical products                                                       ",224448,9897,5580,692
"2201","Animal or vegetable fertilizers and fertilizers produced by the mixing or...  ",1529,S,905,353
"2202","Nitrogenous mineral or chemical fertilizers                                   ",9180,55903,18851,94
"2203","Phosphatic mineral or chemical fertilizers                                    ",4366,53112,9098,111
"2204","Potassic mineral or chemical fertilizers                                      ",1348,9796,4763,123
"2209","Other                                                                         ",10911,51179,9947,89
"2311","Paints and varnishes                                                          ",26594,12002,4780,168
"2312","Vegetable tanning extracts and coloring matter, tannins and their...          ",9293,2526,1163,272
"2320","Essential oils and resinoids, and perfumery, cosmetic, or toilet preparations ",39174,6355,4060,522
"2330","Soap, organic surface-active agents, cleaning preparations, polishes and...   ",37233,32401,17529,313
"2340","Photographic film, plates, paper, paperboard, or textiles, and chemical...    ",32917,2034,1098,375
"2350","Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products...",26909,7124,2464,125
"2390","Other chemical products and preparations                                      ",37368,29593,13910,266
"2410","Plastics in primary forms, rubber in primary forms or sheets, and...          ",58878,47372,33409,412
"2421","Manmade fibers and plastics basic shapes                                      ",58326,19268,10885,487
"2422","Articles                                                                      ",107048,35430,15879,518
"2431","Tires and related products                                                    ",29982,23562,6361,140
"2439","Other                                                                         ",24598,4779,2558,388
"2501","Logs for pulping (pulpwood)                                                   ",2976,173238,11949,56
"2502","Logs for lumber                                                               ",9136,170625,11045,57
"2509","Other                                                                         ",3017,26823,5096,295
"2610","Wood chips or particles                                                       ",2744,98937,10802,77
"2621","Lumber                                                                        ",45303,110460,36902,155
"2622","Wood continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces and shingles and...  ",12460,10444,4536,367
"2631","Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood                                          ",3000,4679,1303,220
"2632","Particle board, fiberboard, and similar board of wood or other ligneous...    ",11403,39603,18578,311
"2633","Plywood, veneered panels, and similar laminated wood                          ",15421,24397,16136,337
"2640","Builders joinery and carpentry of wood, except shingles and shakes            ",23837,9227,3169,186
"2690","Other wood products                                                           ",12259,31371,5469,520
"2711","Mechanical wood pulp                                                          ",684,S,S,S
"2712","Nondissolving grades of soda or sulphate chemical wood pulp                   ",1701,4047,1966,379
"2719","Other                                                                         ",3112,6702,4495,411
"2720","Newsprint in large rolls or sheets                                            ",5894,9349,5056,205
"2731","Paper                                                                         ",39828,43964,26869,123
"2732","Paperboard                                                                    ",13863,36631,21198,291
"2741","Paper                                                                         ",29847,21541,13218,342
"2742","Paperboard                                                                    ",11649,17616,9297,348
"2801","Toilet paper, facial tissues, paper towels and napkins, sanitary napkins...   ",29697,13651,6795,141
"2802","Packing containers of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding, or webs of...     ",39093,44101,8773,157
"2809","Other                                                                         ",29557,15761,6445,435
"2910","Printed books, brochures, leaflets, and similar printed products              ",124527,16382,8276,887
"2921","Newspapers                                                                    ",41860,36210,1495,49
"2922","Journals and periodicals                                                      ",13077,3366,1455,705
"2930","Advertising material, commercial or trade catalogues, and similar printed...  ",34635,13454,6763,667
"2991","Printed or illustrated postcards, messages, or announcements, and printed...  ",9757,1101,631,946
"2999","Other                                                                         ",36470,7540,4177,492
"3011","Textile fibers, processed but not spun or made into yarn                      ",6750,3068,1659,539
"3012","Yarns and thread, except specialty yarns, such as metallized or gimped        ",26578,7909,2889,593
"3013","Broadwoven fabrics, except made of metallized yarn                            ",19858,3412,1615,756
"3014","Knitted or crocheted fabrics                                                  ",13335,1856,802,734
"3020","Textile clothing and accessories, and headgear, except safety                 ",185622,9723,6218,956
"3031","Narrow-woven fabrics and related products                                     ",10173,1261,709,914
"3032","Carpets and other textile floor coverings                                     ",24623,8357,3867,623
"3033","Household furnishings                                                         ",18851,2031,1375,972
"3039","Other                                                                         ",39478,5922,3694,789
"3040","Footwear                                                                      ",21980,1499,1195,1084
"3050","Leather and articles, luggage of related materials, and dressed furskins...   ",11913,835,642,937
"3110","Hydraulic cements                                                             ",7413,125534,13948,82
"3121","Refractory cements, mortars, concretes, and ceramic products                  ",4306,18036,3155,205
"3122","Ceramic construction products                                                 ",2469,8376,3111,317
"3123","China, porcelain, and other ceramic household or personal articles            ",5316,1132,1010,860
"3129","Other                                                                         ",5642,2347,1579,543
"3131","Glass in sheets or profiles                                                   ",8978,12717,5848,322
"3132","Containers of glass used for transporting or packing goods                    ",5204,10756,3494,333
"3139","Other                                                                         ",20570,9498,4769,732
"3191","Worked monumental or building stone and articles                              ",398,S,197,315
"3192","Articles of asphalt or of similar material                                    ",7085,39263,7506,87
"3193","Plaster and articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster           ",5525,34917,8904,205
"3194","Nonrefractory mortars and concretes                                           ",10788,318353,7018,22
"3195","Articles of cement, concrete, or artificial stone                             ",16752,280948,15765,53
"3199","Other                                                                         ",8750,46818,15108,232
"3210","Iron and steel in primary forms, in semifinished forms, or in powders or...   ",27734,30518,11819,225
"3220","Flat-rolled products of iron or steel                                         ",92174,180671,47769,180
"3230","Bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, and wire, of iron or steel              ",57664,81285,31523,247
"3241","Copper                                                                        ",21832,9290,7576,224
"3242","Aluminum                                                                      ",50693,22055,13322,288
"3249","Other                                                                         ",35592,12059,5470,589
"3311","Pipes and tubes                                                               ",37862,40600,19972,207
"3312","Pipe and tube fittings                                                        ",24795,6573,2733,225
"3320","Structures and parts, except prefabricated buildings                          ",39414,22450,9256,315
"3331","Nails, screws, bolts, nuts, washers, staples, except in strips, and similar...",29968,9979,4546,305
"3332","Hand tools and cutlery, except of precious metals                             ",14279,1297,793,531
"3333","Interchangeable tools for hand- or machine-tools                              ",20002,1132,670,574
"3334","Locks, mountings and fittings, racks and similar fixtures, and automatic...   ",11027,1661,1179,463
"3391","Containers of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres, except containers for...   ",12706,6453,1861,435
"3399","Other                                                                         ",37129,16374,7681,534
"3411","Spark-ignition reciprocating internal-combustion engines for motor vehicles...",21644,3482,1277,233
"3412","Other internal-combustion engines                                             ",24187,3899,2163,212
"3413","Parts of internal-combustion piston engines                                   ",27940,3580,1140,294
"3421","Turbines                                                                      ",20866,400,280,707
"3422","Boilers, nuclear reactors,  and nonelectric motors, except internal-...       ",6829,909,507,288
"3431","Pumps for liquids                                                             ",23162,1555,1046,401
"3432","Air or vacuum pumps and air or other gas compressors                          ",16758,2131,1330,483
"3433","Fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan                   ",5082,753,503,363
"3441","Air-conditioning equipment                                                    ",21223,3327,1872,199
"3442","Refrigerating or freezing equipment                                           ",12543,2085,1481,364
"3451","Lifting, handling, loading, or unloading machinery and equipment              ",17225,3019,1861,550
"3452","Moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting,...     ",26429,4772,1964,192
"3491","Dishwashing machines, machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other...    ",3531,409,S,405
"3492","Agricultural, horticultural, forestry, and poultry- or beekeeping machinery   ",15512,2945,1172,331
"3493","Textile manufacturing machines and household, commercial, or industrial...    ",7165,1004,813,330
"3494","Machine-tools, except for semiconductor devices, for working hard materials   ",21763,1545,937,462
"3495","Powered handtools, pneumatic, hydraulic, or with a self-contained electric... ",12979,1019,679,661
"3496","Machines and apparatus, and wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and...      ",7511,1746,1172,260
"3497","Ball or roller bearings, transmission shafts and cranks, bearing housings...  ",28477,3065,1286,252
"3499","Other                                                                         ",96276,8272,5353,389
"3511","Electric motors, generators, generating sets, and rotary converters           ",21721,2738,1580,366
"3512","Electric or electronic transformers, static converters, including...          ",15557,1872,1472,513
"3521","Electric cooking appliances                                                   ",8077,1515,731,602
"3522","Electromechanical or electrothermic domestic appliances, except cooking...    ",8127,774,582,699
"3531","Telephone or telegraph switching apparatus, except parts                      ",17967,189,156,817
"3539","Other                                                                         ",49154,866,992,817
"3540","Electronic entertainment products, except parts                               ",52682,3373,3908,1087
"3551","Computer equipment                                                            ",233020,3690,3304,908
"3552","Office equipment                                                              ",13122,398,231,668
"3561","Prepared unrecorded media for audio, video, computer, or other uses           ",9073,686,419,657
"3562","Pre-recorded media                                                            ",28539,569,481,1106
"3570","Transmission apparatus for radio or television broadcasting, radio...         ",31994,311,277,873
"3581","Electronic parts                                                              ",145217,964,893,969
"3582","Parts of the goods of SCTG 354 and 357                                        ",24879,1836,1310,811
"3591","Primary and storage batteries                                                 ",14219,4245,2136,164
"3592","Apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits or for making...    ",38130,1853,1081,347
"3599","Other                                                                         ",158196,13734,7499,319
"3610","Motor vehicles for the transport of less than 10 people, except motorcycles...",192872,24093,15016,461
"3621","Motor vehicles for the transport of goods, except parts                       ",16886,2770,1653,401
"3622","Road tractors for semitrailers, except parts                                  ",14454,1972,1285,S
"3631","Tractors, except road tractors, work tractors, and parts                      ",23277,4136,1421,224
"3632","Motor vehicles for the transport of people with a seating capacity of 10 or...",4025,541,322,491
"3633","Special-purpose motor vehicles, except parts                                  ",6684,1116,657,444
"3634","Motor vehicle chassis fitted with engines and separately shipped bodies       ",3312,948,378,215
"3635","Motorcycles, bicycles, and other cycles                                       ",11390,783,583,900
"3636","Trailers and semitrailers                                                     ",16676,5779,2340,185
"3639","Other                                                                         ",9207,798,600,1140
"3640","Parts and accessories for motor vehicles, except for motorcycles and...       ",272198,55137,21651,234
"3710","Locomotives and rolling stock, railway track fixtures and fittings,...        ",9129,3764,2247,806
"3721","Aircraft, except parts                                                        ",41667,59,54,958
"3722","Spacecraft and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles, except parts        ",S,16,36,929
"3723","Parts of aircraft and spacecraft                                              ",58206,407,425,817
"3724","Parachutes, rotochutes, aircraft-launching gear, deck-arresters, and flight...",S,S,S,2008
"3731","Pleasure or sporting vessels                                                  ",9713,797,638,512
"3732","Commercial ships and boats and floating structures                            ",4913,S,S,824
"3810","Optical elements, instruments, and apparatus, except photographic and...      ",24149,280,249,876
"3821","Photographic cameras, image projectors, enlargers and reducers, projection... ",6755,154,159,731
"3822","Photocopying and thermocopying apparatus                                      ",12426,413,204,646
"3831","Navigational instruments and appliances, except radar and other radio-type... ",3433,12,10,1046
"3832","Surveying,  hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological,...     ",2330,117,68,681
"3841","Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or alpha, beta, or gamma radiation       ",4181,88,62,455
"3842","Electromedical equipment                                                      ",7455,S,S,1551
"3849","Other                                                                         ",51087,1148,845,891
"3851","Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities     ",2889,38,33,825
"3852","Industrial process-control instruments                                        ",7232,131,57,519
"3859","Other                                                                         ",36008,494,401,695
"3901","Household or office furniture                                                 ",53029,11891,6304,585
"3902","Other furniture                                                               ",30158,6626,4274,738
"3903","Lighting equipment, except for motor vehicles, lamps, lighting fittings,...   ",14068,1393,988,585
"4011","Arms                                                                          ",5245,71,61,895
"4012","Munitions and ammunition                                                      ",3478,371,273,894
"4021","Toys and games                                                                ",47552,S,2091,1203
"4022","Sporting equipment                                                            ",24846,1910,1630,961
"4091","Clocks and watches                                                            ",6315,92,89,1150
"4092","Prefabricated buildings                                                       ",13264,7951,2441,435
"4093","Writing or drawing instruments and inked ribbons and pads                     ",7166,550,379,468
"4094","Precious metal forms and shapes, pearls, precious or semiprecious stones,...  ",46184,451,310,1011
"4099","Other                                                                         ",266832,96517,32599,798
"4111","Slag, ash, and residues                                                       ",834,16193,3256,144
"4112","Of ferrous metal                                                              ",11011,91981,17670,102
"4113","Of nonferrous metal, including precious                                       ",15558,16470,5267,197
"4121","Sawdust and wood waste and scrap                                              ",179,4904,506,70
"4122","Of paper or paperboard                                                        ",3412,37530,11678,250
"4129","Other                                                                         ",1719,10746,1750,264
"4399","Mixed freight                                                                 ",230415,110271,17224,252
"----","Commodity unknown                                                             ",36527,46191,11796,499