"Table 3-8:  Rail Shipments Originating in North Dakota
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(Short tons),,,,
Commodity,1999,Percent of total,2000,Percent of total
Farm products,"11,071,619",50.4,"9,951,299",49.8
Coal and nonmetal minerals,"5,251,225",23.9,"4,847,482",24.2
Food products,"4,834,844",22.0,"4,368,960",21.9
Chemicals,"344,656",1.6,"292,864",1.5
Waste and scrap,"187,716",0.9,U,U
Petroleum,U,U,"237,448",1.2
All other commodities,"300,252",1.4,"297,145",1.5
"North Dakota, total","21,985,312",100.0,"19,995,198",100.0
KEY: U = data are unavailable.,,,,
NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Includes the five largest commodities (by tonnage terminated or originated) of the 38 two-digit Standard Transportation Commodity Code groupings plus all others for state total.  Includes intrastate shipments.,,,,
"SOURCES FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States-2000, Washington, DC: January 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002; and Railroads and States -1999, Washington, DC: January 2002,  available at http://www.aar.org/abouttheindustry/stateinformation.asp as of Mar. 18, 2002.",,,,