"Commodities from Canada to Nebraska by Rail ,1999"
"(Weight in Metric or US Short Tons, Value in Current US Dollars ($))"
Rank,Commodity Code,Commodity Description,Metric Tons,US Short Tons,Value
,1999 All Commodities from Canada to Nebraska by Rail,,313680.3,345773.2,115508406
"1","44","Wood and articles of wood; Wood charcoal","85,334.4","94,065.0","37,161,418"
"2","10","Cereals","75,121.1","82,806.8","7,071,511"
"3","48","Paper and paperboard; Articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard","46,123.6","50,842.5","27,176,366"
"4","28","Inorganic chemicals; Organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes","35,185.2","38,785.0","5,078,505"
"5","31","Fertilizers","23,217.1","25,592.4","4,343,216"
"6","39","Plastics and articles thereof","15,933.8","17,564.0","10,651,337"
"7","72","Iron and steel","9,438.7","10,404.4","2,354,228"
"8","86","Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; Mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds","9,417.4","10,381.0","16,979,363"
"9","27","Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; Bituminous substances; Mineral waxes","5,193.0","5,724.3","297,986"
"10","25","Salt; Sulfur; Earths and stone; Plastering materials, lime and cement","3,265.1","3,599.1","181,236"
"11","23","Residues and waste from the food industries; Prepared animal feed","2,107.7","2,323.4","225,628"
"12","79","Zinc and articles thereof","1,155.5","1,273.7","1,227,044"
"13","11","Products of the milling industry; Malt; Starches; inulin; Wheat gluten","864.0","952.4","192,530"
"14","07","Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers","359.4","396.1","150,521"
"15","68","Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials","267.8","295.2","57,265"
"16","98","Special classification provisions","242.7","267.6","744,101"
"17","15","Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; Prepared edible fats; Animal or vegetable waxes","172.8","190.4","81,722"
"18","73","Articles of iron or steel","150.8","166.2","1,185,675"
"19","47","Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; Waste and scrap of paper or paperboard","58.3","64.3","13,147"
"20","87","Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof","51.8","57.1","299,833"
"21","69","Ceramic products","20.4","22.5","35,774"
"Note that data between 1993-1996 include transshipment activity (i.e., shipments which entered or "
"exited the United States by way of a US Customs port on the northern border but"
"whose origin or final destination was other than Canada). Data beginning with  January"
"1997 do not include transshipment activity. Users should note these differences before"
"comparing figures for 1993-1996 with 1997 and subsequent year data. "
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,"
"Transborder Surface Freight Data. "