15-20 Railway Freight Traffic by Category of Cargo

 The coverage of this table is national railways, excluding local railways.

Item

1998

1999

Freight

Freight

Average

Freight

Freight

Average

Traffic

Ton-kilometers

Transport

Traffic

Ton-kilometers

Transport

(10 000

(million

Distance

(10 000

(million

Distance

tons)

ton-kilometers)

(km)

tons)

ton-kilometers)

(km)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

153208

1226152

800

156881

1257789

802

Coal

64081

354308

553

64917

357053

550

Coke

4000

32171

804

3890

32443

834

Petroleum

7873

67843

862

8703

77396

889

Steel and Iron

10088

107546

1066

10453

110642

1058

Metal Ores

11905

54553

458

12279

57907

472

Nonmetal Ores

8398

47554

566

8158

45642

559

Mineral Building

10126

55297

546

10344

53025

513

Materials

           

               

          

 

 

 

Cement

3710

15593

420

3861

16229

420

Timber

3539

59988

1695

3360

56971

1696

Chemical Fertilizers

4905

56667

1155

5414

61933

1144

and Pesticides

           

               

          

 

 

 

Grain

5541

79191

1429

6464

91614

1417

Cotton

153

4317

2822

227

6892

3036

Salt

1088

8447

776

1160

8535

736

Others

17801

282677

1588

17651

281507

1595