Commodities by weight: U.S. domestic rail freight transportation 2015

Published by Statista Research Department, May 26, 2016
This statistic shows the major commodities moved by the U.S. domestic rail freight transportation system in 2015, by weight. In that year, the main commodities by weight included coal, cereal grains and basic chemicals; these commodities accounted for more than 57 percent of the total commodities transported by rail.

U.S. domestic rail freight transportation commodities in 2015, by weight (in million tons)

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2016

Region

United States

Survey time period

2015

Supplementary notes

Figures based on the Freight Analysis Framework Data Tabulation Tool provided by the Center for Transportation Analysis. To retrieve the data, click on Domestic flows, select the year,Tons as measure unit, Select all in the commodity column and Rail as mode of transportation.
The figures have been rounded.
* N.E.C. refers to the products that have not been specifically classified elsewhere.

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