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| 16-20 National Railway Freight Traffic by Category of Cargo | ||||||||||
| Item | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||||
| 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 | 186894 | 1507817 | 807 | 199076 | 1632341 | 820 | ||||
| Coal | 81852 | 463886 | 567 | 88132 | 505540 | 574 | ||||
| Coke | 5613 | 48755 | 869 | 7124 | 63789 | 895 | ||||
| Petroleum | 10299 | 97316 | 945 | 10765 | 102934 | 956 | ||||
| Steel and Iron | 14123 | 147046 | 1041 | 15280 | 165545 | 1083 | ||||
| Metal Ores | 16777 | 92098 | 549 | 18082 | 103868 | 574 | ||||
| Nonmetal Ores | 8176 | 49840 | 610 | 7945 | 50799 | 639 | ||||
| Mineral Building | 8599 | 42808 | 498 | 7664 | 36500 | 476 | ||||
| Materials | ||||||||||
| Cement | 3596 | 14908 | 415 | 3652 | 15347 | 420 | ||||
| Timber | 3149 | 55393 | 1759 | 3054 | 53866 | 1764 | ||||
| Chemical Fertilizers | 5942 | 73348 | 1234 | 5660 | 72312 | 1278 | ||||
| and Pesticides | ||||||||||
| Grain | 8282 | 114500 | 1383 | 10138 | 136651 | 1348 | ||||
| Cotton | 243 | 8361 | 3441 | 218 | 7334 | 3366 | ||||
| Salt | 1256 | 9525 | 758 | 1263 | 10031 | 794 | ||||
| Others | 18987 | 290033 | 1528 | 20099 | 307825 | 1532 | ||||