This statistic illustrates the major commodities for the U.S. freight transportation system in 2017. In that year, the most valuable commodities included electronics; these commodities accounted for 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in value.
U.S. freight transportation commodities in 2017, by value
(in billions of U.S. dollars)
* Includes natural gas, coke, asphalt 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.
Values are in 2012 U.S. dollars.
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US Department of Transportation. (November 20, 2019). U.S. freight transportation commodities in 2017, by value (in billions of U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/524673/freight-transportation-commodities-value/
US Department of Transportation. "U.S. freight transportation commodities in 2017, by value (in billions of U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524673/freight-transportation-commodities-value/
US Department of Transportation. (2019). U.S. freight transportation commodities in 2017, by value (in billions of U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/524673/freight-transportation-commodities-value/
US Department of Transportation. "U.S. Freight Transportation Commodities in 2017, by Value (in Billions of U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/524673/freight-transportation-commodities-value/
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U.S. freight transportation commodities in 2017, by value (in billions of U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Department of Transportation, November 20, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/524673/freight-transportation-commodities-value/
