16-19  National Railway Freight Traffic by Category of Cargo
Item 2010 2011
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 308209 2562619 831 328136 2729649 832
  Coal 156020 1001551 642 172126 1124668 653
  Coke 9494 93953 990 9895 102006 1031
  Petroleum 12847 120986 942 12564 112788 898
  Steel and Iron, and  22428 245146 1093 22779 248284 1090
    Non-Ferrous Metal  
  Metal Ores 38088 248432 652 39148 261942 669
  Nonmetal Ores 8707 61365 705 9515 67362 708
  Mineral Building 12553 45493 362 12440 46395 373
    Materials  
  Cement 3526 18373 521 3639 16719 460
  Timber 2501 34041 1361 2814 31053 1104
  Chemical Fertilizers 8179 119353 1459 8308 131288 1580
    and Pesticides  
  Grain 9692 174666 1802 9578 171938 1795
  Cotton 397 15014 3779 276 10506 3810
  Salt 1379 10094 732 1699 11900 700
  Others 22397 374151 1671 23356 392801 1682
             
a) Freight traffic and freight ton-kilometers in the table do not include the baggage freight.