15-20      Railway Freight Traffic by Category of Cargo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Item

1999

2000

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              

156881

1257789

802

165498

1333606

806

  Coal               

64917

357053

550

68545

380605

555

  Coke               

3890

32443

834

4725

40215

851

  Petroleum          

8703

77396

889

9391

81599

869

  Steel and Iron     

10453

110642

1058

11537

124445

1079

  Metal Ores         

12279

57907

472

13022

61646

473

  Nonmetal Ores      

8158

45642

559

8138

47265

581

  Mineral Building   

10344

53025

513

9671

49315

510

    Materials         

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Cement             

3861

16229

420

3900

16739

429

  Timber             

3360

56971

1696

3436

58808

1712

  Chemical Fertilizers

5414

61933

1144

5189

61186

1179

    and Pesticides    

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Grain              

6464

91614

1417

7935

101257

1276

  Cotton             

227

6892

3036

233

6472

2772

  Salt               

1160

8535

736

1245

9383

753

  Others             

17651

281507

1595

18531

294671

1590