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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 | |||||||||
| 2005: | |||||||||||||||
| Railroad | 12,000 | 13 | 1,570 | 18 | 488 | -- | 2,080 | ||||||||
| Truck | 3,920 | 200 | 62,700 | 1,940 | 55,100 | r | 727 | r | 121,000 | r | |||||
| Barge and boat | 8,970 | -- | 80 | -- | 559 | r | -- | 639 | r | ||||||
| Total4 | 24,900 | 214 | 64,400 | 1,960 | 56,200 | r | 727 | r | 123,000 | r, 5 | |||||
| 2006: | |||||||||||||||
| Railroad | � | 11,600 | 12 | 1,740 | 16 | 804 | 1 | 2,560 | |||||||
| Truck | 4,700 | 285 | 63,500 | 1,760 | 52,700 | 736 | 119,000 | ||||||||
| Barge and boat | 7,870 | -- | 67 | -- | 558 | -- | 625 | ||||||||
| Total4 | 24,100 | 297 | 65,300 | 1,780 | 54,000 | 737 | 122,000 | 5 | |||||||
| rRevised.� -- Zero. | |||||||||||||||
| 1Includes imported cement and cement made from imported clinker. Data exlude Puerto Rico.� | |||||||||||||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits because they include estimates. | |||||||||||||||
| 3Includes packages, bags, jumbo bags, and supersacks. | |||||||||||||||
| 4Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||
| 5Shipments 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