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| TABLE 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| SHIPMENTS OF PORTLAND CEMENT FROM MILLS IN THE UNITED STATES,� | |||||||||||||||||
| IN BULK AND IN CONTAINERS, BY TYPE OF CARRIER1, 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| (Thousand metric tons) | |||||||||||||||||
| Shipments from plant to | Shipments to final domestic consumer | ||||||||||||||||
| terminal | From plant to consumer | From terminal to consumer | Total shipments | ||||||||||||||
| In bulk | In containers3 | In bulk | In containers3 | In bulk | In containers3 | to consumer4 | |||||||||||
| �2004: | |||||||||||||||||
| Railroad | 13,700 | 47 | 1,690 | 8 | 456 | r | 1 | 2,160 | r | ||||||||
| Truck | 4,210 | r | 563 | 60,200 | 5 | 1,520 | 5 | 49,800 | 5 | 790 | 5 | 112,000 | 5 | ||||
| Barge and boat | 9,100 | r | 10 | 99 | --� | --� | --� | 99 | r | ||||||||
| Total4 | 27,000 | 620 | 62,000 | 5 | 1,530 | 5 | 50,300 | 5 | 791 | 5 | 115,000 | 5, 6 | |||||
| �2005: | |||||||||||||||||
| Railroad | � | 12,000 | 13 | 1,570 | 18 | 488 | -- | 2,080 | |||||||||
| Truck | 3,920 | 200 | 62,700 | 1,940 | 54,800 | 723 | 120,000 | ||||||||||
| Barge and boat | 8,970 | -- | 80 | -- | -- | -- | 80 | ||||||||||
| Total4 | 24,900 | 214 | 64,400 | 1,960 | 55,200 | 723 | 122,000 | 6 | |||||||||
| rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1Includes imported cement and cement made from imported clinker.� | |||||||||||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits because they include estimates. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3Includes packages, bags, and jumbo bags. | |||||||||||||||||
| 4Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||||
| 5Revised to exclude Puerto Rico. | |||||||||||||||||
| 6Shipments calculated on the basis of 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