Great Lakes Dry-Bulk Commerce: 2002 - 1998
And 5-Year Average
(net tons)

Commodity20022001 200019991998 5-Year
Average
IRON ORE
From Lake Superior 46,249,620 40,895,07550,838,371 48,119,165 53,085,55547,837,557
From Lake Michigan 4,070,538 6,207,5127,784,336 7,548,724 7,807,8116,683,784
From Eastern Canada 8,597,065 8,570,93210,942,001 11,632,374 12,226,73410,393,821
Total Iron Ore58,917,223 55,673,51969,564,708 67,300,26373,120,100 64,915,162
COAL
From Lake Superior19,966,279 18,708,650 17,033,18217,160,280 16,881,121 17,949,902
From Lake Michigan2,465,634 2,582,492 2,331,8382,514,507 2,298,683 2,438,630
From Lake Erie19,480,372 23,064,174 22,623,83021,282,834 22,874,533 21,865,148
Total Coal 41,912,285 44,355,316 41,988,85040,957,621 42,054,337 42,253,680
STONE
From U.S. Ports 29,384,42829,673,942 30,204,986 30,657,078 33,777,184 30,739,523
From Canadian Ports 6,863,570 7,180,5627,116,220 6,585,998 5,922,5736,733,784
Total Stone36,247,998 36,854,504 37,321,20637,243,076 39,699,757 37,473,307
SALT7,211,435 7,671,321 6,093,6607,016,358 8,766,829 7,351,920
CEMENT5,341,759 5,470,198 5,578,6975,639,981 5,587,004 5,523,527
POTASH587,296 563,882668,858 606,014801,829 649,575
GRAIN12,094,537 14,011,286 15,099,33715,866,884 15,585,978 14,531,604

TOTAL

162,312,533 164,600,026 176,335,316 174,630,197 185,615,834 172,698,775

To convert iron ore to gross tons, multiply by .89286.

Updated 3/21/03

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