COMMODITIES
| Crude Materials, inedible ex
fuel |
9972 |
| Primary Manufactured Goods |
1703 |
| Coal |
1520 |
| Petroleum & products |
933 |
| Chemicals and related products |
124 |
| Man. Equip., Mach., & Prod. |
55 |
| Food and Farm Products |
0 |
| Unknown |
1 |
*in thousands of tons |
The table below illustrates the economic impact
select commodities have on Detroit. Commodities may differ in the
amount of impact they generally provide largely due to the amount
and/or type of care they receive at the port. One ton of steel may
take several different types of workers and handling one ton of ore
will not due to self-unloading mechanisms that don't need intensive
labor.
|
| Steel |
156 |
370,000 |
$57,720,000 |
| General Cargo |
73 |
121,000 |
$8,833,000 |
| Ore |
11 |
6,594,000 |
$72,534,000 |
| Coal |
15 |
1,520,000 |
$22,800,000 |
| Cement |
16 |
1,267,000 |
$20,272,000 |
| Stone/Aggregate |
14 |
2,081,000 |
$29,134,000 |
| Petroleum |
16 |
933,000 |
$14,928,000 |
| Dry Bulk |
14 |
916,000 |
$12,824,000 |
| Liquid Bulk |
49 |
284,000 |
$13,916,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
14,086,000 |
$252,961,000 |
|
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