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| TABLE 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| SHIPMENTS OF PORTLAND CEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, BY TYPE OF CARRIER1, 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | ||||||||||||||||
| Plant to terminal | Plant to customer | Terminal to customer | Total to | |||||||||||||
| Type of carrier- | In bulk | In bags3 | In bulk | In bags3 | In bulk | In bags3 | customers4 | |||||||||
| 2012: | ||||||||||||||||
| Railroad | - | 12,100 | 3 | 1,060 | -- | 107 | 6 | 1,170 | ||||||||
| Truck | 3,540 | 170 | 39,200 | 811 | 34,600 | 432 | 75,000 | |||||||||
| Barge and boat | 9,020 | -- | 185 | -- | 2 | -- | 187 | |||||||||
| Total4 | 24,600 | 173 | 40,400 | 811 | 34,700 | 437 | 76,400 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2013: | ||||||||||||||||
| Railroad | - | 11,500 | 42 | 1,440 | -- | 249 | 6 | 1,700 | ||||||||
| Truck | 3,680 | 151 | 41,500 | 858 | 34,900 | 351 | 77,600 | |||||||||
| Barge and boat | 7,910 | -- | 159 | 17 | 17 | -- | 193 | |||||||||
| Total4 | 23,100 | 193 | 43,100 | 875 | 35,200 | 357 | 79,500 | 5 | ||||||||
| -- Zero. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1Includes imported cement and cement made from imported clinker. Excludes Puerto Rico.- | ||||||||||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits. | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Includes packages, bags, and supersacks. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4May not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. | ||||||||||||||||
| 5Shipments are based on an annual survey of plants and importers; may differ from totals in table 9, which are based on | ||||||||||||||||
| consolidated monthly data. | ||||||||||||||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
See also: Mineral commodity prices
