Comparison table for commodities: Rate Index
Index 1985=1

  1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Grains 1.00 0.95 0.89 0.94 0.95 1.01 0.99 1.00 1.04 1.13 1.06 1.07 1.07 1.05 1.02 1.03 1.02 1.06 1.05 1.09 1.18
Bituminous Coal 1.00 0.94 0.86 0.86 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.77 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.70 0.69 0.67 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.70
Lumber 1.00 0.94 0.90 0.88 0.85 0.87 0.83 0.82 0.83 0.90 0.88 0.88 0.87 0.87 0.84 0.83 0.84 0.97 0.95 0.86 0.95
Paper 1.00 0.99 0.93 0.99 0.95 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.95 0.93 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.94 0.97 0.99 0.98 1.07
Fireboard or paperboard 1.00 1.02 0.99 1.07 1.04 1.07 1.06 1.04 1.05 1.01 1.00 1.01 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.04 1.10 1.08 1.11 1.23
Potassium or Sodium Compounds 1.00 1.01 0.90 0.98 0.91 0.91 0.96 0.92 0.91 0.86 0.87 0.89 0.89 0.86 0.85 0.84 0.84 0.87 0.84 0.80 0.88
Industrial Organic Chemicals 1.00 0.98 0.91 0.96 0.93 0.91 0.92 0.90 1.02 0.89 0.88 0.88 0.87 0.87 0.83 0.81 0.81 0.85 0.84 0.81 0.88
Plastics or resins 1.00 1.00 0.99 1.03 1.05 1.09 1.11 1.09 1.09 1.03 0.99 0.98 0.97 0.96 0.94 0.88 0.92 0.91 0.87 0.84 0.87
Refined petroleum products 1.00 0.96 0.92 0.90 0.91 0.88 0.87 0.84 0.79 0.77 0.73 0.72 0.71 0.70 0.69 0.67 0.66 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.72
Nonmetallic minerals 1.00 0.98 0.92 0.93 0.95 0.95 0.97 0.98 0.99 0.99 0.98 1.00 0.97 1.02 0.98 1.04 1.00 1.02 1.02 1.04 1.14
Primary Iron or Steel 1.00 0.90 0.85 0.98 0.84 0.82 0.82 0.79 0.77 0.77 0.81 0.80 0.78 0.78 0.78 0.76 0.79 0.79 0.80 0.84 0.94
Motor Vehicles 1.00 1.01 0.99 1.00 1.02 0.98 0.87 0.83 0.85 0.85 0.80 0.82 0.77 0.70 0.70 0.72 0.77 0.82 0.74 0.71 0.73
Miscellaneous Mixed Shipments 1.00 0.93 0.86 0.79 0.74 0.72 0.71 0.68 0.71 0.71 0.72 0.70 0.71 0.71 0.70 0.70 0.71 0.73 0.74 0.78 0.87

Includes only data that met statistical confidence and confidentiality reporting requirements.
For more information, see the Scope and Methodology for this product.
Amounts shown as 0.0 represent instances where reported amounts were greater than 0 but less than 0.05
 
Information on this page was updated on February 1, 2008.

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