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Railroad Freight - Producer Price Indexes: 1990-2004
(Dec 1984 - 100. Reflects prices for shipping a fixed set of commodities under specified and unchanging conditions)
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Commodity Group
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Tons
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1990
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2000
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2002
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2004
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Railroad line-haul operating
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107.5
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114.5
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118.9
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126.1
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Coal
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104.2
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108.7
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110.1
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113.3
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Farm Products
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110.4
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123.1
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125.5
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146.1
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Food Products
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105.4
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100.4
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102.7
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107.4
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Metallic Ores
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106.5
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105.9
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107.0
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109.9
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Chemicals and allied products
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111.7
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121.3
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126.2
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139.7
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Nonmetallic minerals
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111.7
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122.1
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124.3
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131.4
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Lumber and wood products
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107.5
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109.0
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120.5
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131.5
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Transportation equipment
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107.5
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112.6
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130.5
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141.7
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Pulp, paper and allied products
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108.0
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119.0
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122.4
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130.6
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Primary metal products
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113.1
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124.1
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132.5
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141.2
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Stone, clay, glass and concrete products
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114.1
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128.7
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124.3
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132.8
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Petroleum & coal Products
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109.2
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124.6
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127.5
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132.1
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Indexes, monthly and annual.
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