| Comparison table for commodities: Tonnage by R/VC Category |
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| Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | Under 180 | 180-300 | Over 300 | |
| Grains | 74.3 | 22.9 | 2.7 | 71.6 | 24.2 | 4.2 | 77.6 | 19.5 | 2.9 | 75.7 | 20.6 | 3.7 | 78.5 | 18.7 | 2.8 | 74.8 | 22.4 | 2.7 | 76.1 | 20.7 | 3.2 | 75.8 | 20.9 | 3.2 | 72.8 | 20.9 | 6.3 | 69.1 | 23.1 | 7.8 | 73.6 | 23.3 | 3.1 | 76.0 | 21.5 | 2.5 | 77.6 | 20.2 | 2.2 | 73.2 | 24.6 | 2.2 | 67.2 | 27.9 | 4.8 | 65.2 | 29.8 | 5.0 | 66.4 | 28.4 | 5.2 | 62.4 | 30.6 | 7.1 | 62.1 | 31.2 | 6.7 | 66.1 | 28.0 | 5.9 | 67.9 | 27.8 | 4.3 |
| Bituminous Coal | 42.6 | 53.3 | 4.1 | 42.5 | 53.1 | 4.3 | 40.2 | 51.8 | 8.0 | 39.1 | 53.6 | 7.4 | 46.5 | 46.7 | 6.8 | 45.3 | 45.3 | 9.4 | 48.7 | 42.8 | 8.6 | 46.2 | 44.9 | 8.9 | 47.1 | 43.4 | 9.5 | 52.2 | 39.5 | 8.3 | 48.1 | 44.5 | 7.5 | 52.7 | 39.4 | 7.9 | 52.2 | 39.3 | 8.5 | 54.2 | 39.0 | 6.8 | 54.9 | 38.2 | 7.0 | 56.0 | 37.0 | 6.9 | 55.7 | 37.0 | 7.3 | 55.7 | 33.7 | 10.7 | 59.8 | 29.3 | 10.9 | 61.9 | 28.1 | 10.1 | 62.9 | 26.2 | 10.9 |
| Lumber | 94.3 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 92.2 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 91.4 | 8.4 | 0.2 | 94.1 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 96.0 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 94.2 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 95.1 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 94.4 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 91.4 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 90.0 | 9.4 | 0.6 | 84.3 | 15.2 | 0.5 | 94.3 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 92.3 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 94.4 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 93.6 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 94.8 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 93.8 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 83.9 | 13.8 | 2.3 | 90.2 | 8.7 | 1.0 | 90.1 | 9.7 | 0.2 | 87.3 | 12.2 | 0.5 |
| Paper | 91.2 | 8.5 | 0.3 | 89.0 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 88.7 | 11.0 | 0.3 | 88.1 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 90.7 | 8.9 | 0.4 | 89.7 | 9.9 | 0.5 | 90.1 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 88.2 | 11.4 | 0.4 | 85.9 | 13.3 | 0.8 | 82.0 | 17.5 | 0.5 | 81.2 | 18.3 | 0.5 | 85.3 | 14.4 | 0.3 | 84.1 | 15.4 | 0.4 | 82.7 | 17.0 | 0.2 | 78.7 | 20.9 | 0.4 | 83.9 | 15.9 | 0.2 | 86.4 | 13.3 | 0.3 | 80.0 | 18.6 | 1.5 | 84.8 | 13.7 | 1.5 | 84.1 | 15.5 | 0.5 | 83.1 | 15.8 | 1.0 |
| Fireboard or paperboard | 96.8 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 96.1 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 94.7 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 96.6 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 97.5 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 97.4 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 96.9 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 96.4 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 94.2 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 94.2 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 94.8 | 5.1 | 0.0 | 95.1 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 92.8 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 95.0 | 4.9 | 0.1 | 95.8 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 96.8 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 97.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 91.6 | 7.9 | 0.5 | 95.6 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 96.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 94.9 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| Potassium or Sodium Compounds | 34.3 | 55.6 | 10.1 | 31.9 | 55.0 | 13.0 | 54.6 | 40.5 | 4.9 | 55.8 | 38.5 | 5.7 | 63.7 | 30.5 | 5.8 | 63.4 | 31.4 | 5.3 | 61.5 | 33.1 | 5.4 | 60.2 | 34.7 | 5.1 | 57.1 | 36.2 | 6.7 | 53.7 | 40.7 | 5.6 | 55.0 | 39.6 | 5.4 | 49.2 | 42.8 | 8.0 | 48.1 | 45.0 | 7.0 | 47.6 | 45.5 | 7.0 | 41.0 | 50.8 | 8.2 | 39.6 | 52.4 | 8.0 | 46.9 | 46.6 | 6.5 | 39.9 | 48.7 | 11.5 | 42.2 | 47.4 | 10.4 | 49.7 | 44.4 | 5.9 | 56.5 | 37.0 | 6.5 |
| Industrial Organic Chemicals | 33.9 | 53.7 | 12.4 | 26.1 | 58.9 | 15.0 | 63.9 | 30.9 | 5.2 | 59.5 | 34.6 | 5.9 | 67.2 | 28.5 | 4.3 | 68.1 | 27.1 | 4.9 | 68.6 | 26.0 | 5.4 | 68.1 | 26.2 | 5.6 | 65.7 | 27.8 | 6.5 | 62.7 | 30.3 | 7.0 | 65.5 | 28.4 | 6.0 | 56.2 | 36.9 | 6.9 | 54.3 | 37.6 | 8.1 | 54.5 | 38.0 | 7.5 | 50.6 | 39.6 | 9.9 | 51.4 | 39.1 | 9.5 | 57.1 | 34.0 | 8.9 | 52.4 | 36.1 | 11.5 | 53.5 | 36.8 | 9.7 | 63.1 | 30.6 | 6.4 | 66.4 | 26.4 | 7.3 |
| Plastics or resins | 26.9 | 62.1 | 11.1 | 20.3 | 62.0 | 17.7 | 44.5 | 49.0 | 6.5 | 40.5 | 53.0 | 6.5 | 44.4 | 49.0 | 6.5 | 40.2 | 50.7 | 9.1 | 39.4 | 50.7 | 9.8 | 40.4 | 49.5 | 10.1 | 43.6 | 46.2 | 10.2 | 42.1 | 45.3 | 12.5 | 48.4 | 40.7 | 10.8 | 45.7 | 40.6 | 13.7 | 44.8 | 39.3 | 15.9 | 44.6 | 39.1 | 16.2 | 41.9 | 38.9 | 19.2 | 46.1 | 37.9 | 16.0 | 49.5 | 36.3 | 14.1 | 45.4 | 37.1 | 17.4 | 50.2 | 37.0 | 12.8 | 57.5 | 34.5 | 8.0 | 62.5 | 30.2 | 7.3 |
| Refined petroleum products | 39.7 | 53.6 | 6.7 | 35.5 | 53.6 | 10.9 | 69.8 | 28.7 | 1.5 | 73.3 | 24.9 | 1.8 | 82.1 | 16.7 | 1.2 | 81.6 | 16.3 | 2.1 | 80.9 | 17.5 | 1.6 | 82.6 | 15.6 | 1.7 | 76.7 | 20.6 | 2.7 | 73.8 | 23.9 | 2.3 | 78.6 | 19.5 | 1.9 | 74.4 | 23.8 | 1.8 | 75.9 | 20.8 | 3.3 | 73.2 | 23.8 | 3.0 | 66.7 | 29.3 | 4.0 | 66.2 | 30.3 | 3.5 | 70.1 | 26.7 | 3.2 | 63.5 | 33.0 | 3.6 | 57.4 | 37.2 | 5.3 | 67.5 | 29.0 | 3.5 | 73.6 | 22.9 | 3.6 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 64.7 | 33.9 | 1.5 | 65.3 | 32.9 | 1.9 | 74.8 | 24.0 | 1.2 | 71.5 | 27.5 | 1.0 | 80.8 | 18.3 | 0.8 | 79.5 | 19.4 | 1.1 | 79.1 | 20.3 | 0.6 | 76.5 | 21.9 | 1.5 | 72.2 | 26.0 | 1.9 | 69.3 | 28.5 | 2.2 | 69.4 | 29.2 | 1.4 | 68.8 | 30.2 | 1.0 | 69.2 | 29.1 | 1.6 | 65.8 | 32.8 | 1.4 | 61.4 | 36.8 | 1.8 | 61.2 | 36.6 | 2.2 | 64.8 | 32.8 | 2.4 | 58.8 | 38.2 | 3.0 | 62.4 | 35.1 | 2.5 | 66.3 | 32.1 | 1.6 | 67.4 | 30.3 | 2.2 |
| Primary Iron or Steel | 82.7 | 16.7 | 0.6 | 81.4 | 17.7 | 0.9 | 74.1 | 23.0 | 2.9 | 79.1 | 19.4 | 1.5 | 86.1 | 12.4 | 1.4 | 84.6 | 14.0 | 1.4 | 84.4 | 13.5 | 2.1 | 79.9 | 18.9 | 1.2 | 76.4 | 21.7 | 1.9 | 78.5 | 19.5 | 2.0 | 74.8 | 23.0 | 2.2 | 78.7 | 19.6 | 1.7 | 77.4 | 19.0 | 3.6 | 81.7 | 17.7 | 0.6 | 78.0 | 19.2 | 2.8 | 82.8 | 14.7 | 2.5 | 82.7 | 15.8 | 1.5 | 79.8 | 19.1 | 1.2 | 82.9 | 15.5 | 1.6 | 83.8 | 15.7 | 0.5 | 81.6 | 17.0 | 1.3 |
| Motor Vehicles | 39.0 | 59.8 | 1.2 | 32.1 | 62.8 | 5.0 | 40.1 | 56.8 | 3.1 | 38.3 | 57.2 | 4.5 | 43.3 | 51.9 | 4.8 | 47.7 | 49.2 | 3.1 | 73.8 | 24.8 | 1.4 | 73.2 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 71.0 | 24.9 | 4.1 | 64.7 | 28.9 | 6.5 | 67.6 | 28.5 | 3.8 | 87.7 | 11.4 | 0.9 | 92.8 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 96.6 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 95.1 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 89.7 | 9.4 | 0.9 | 94.7 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 89.3 | 9.3 | 1.4 | 93.9 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 95.6 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 94.2 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Miscellaneous Mixed Shipments | 99.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 98.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 98.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 97.9 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 98.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 98.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 99.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 99.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 98.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 99.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 99.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 98.6 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 98.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 98.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 98.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 98.0 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 97.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 96.7 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 85.9 | 12.7 | 1.4 | 87.6 | 11.5 | 0.9 | 87.7 | 11.4 | 0.9 |
| Includes only data that met statistical confidence and confidentialty reporting requirements. |
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| 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. |