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| Principal Commodities Carried |
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(Figures in Thousands) |
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Commodities |
1969-70 |
|
2003-2004 |
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2004-2005 |
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|
Tonnes |
% |
|
Tonnes |
% |
|
Tonnes |
% |
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1. Cement |
292 |
5.98 |
|
-- |
-- |
|
0.41 |
0.01 |
|
2. Coal |
138 |
2.83 |
|
0.32 |
-- |
|
-- |
-- |
|
3. Cotton raw |
34 |
0.67 |
|
0.2 |
0.01 |
|
1 |
0.03 |
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4. Fire wood and other fuel |
22 |
0.46 |
|
0.22 |
-- |
|
0.09 |
-- |
|
5. Fertilizer |
213 |
4.37 |
|
110 |
3.16 |
|
194 |
6.05 |
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6. Fodder |
6 |
0.1 |
|
1 |
0.03 |
|
0.44 |
0.01 |
|
7. Fuel for the railway
|
--- |
--- |
|
8 |
0.23 |
|
8 |
0.05 |
|
8. Gram & pulses |
54 |
1.1 |
|
5 |
0.14 |
|
1 |
0.03 |
|
9. Iron & steel |
187 |
3.83 |
|
5 |
0.14 |
|
2 |
0.06 |
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10. Jute raw |
664 |
13.6 |
|
13 |
0.37 |
|
2 |
0.06 |
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11. Jute Manufactured |
47 |
0.95 |
|
-- |
-- |
|
0.13 |
-- |
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12. Kerosine oil |
194 |
3.96 |
|
87 |
2.51 |
|
113 |
3.52 |
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13. Live stock |
1 |
0.02 |
|
-- |
-- |
|
10 |
0.31 |
|
14. Marble & Stone |
139 |
2.85 |
|
146 |
4.2 |
|
198 |
6.18 |
|
15. Military traffic |
16 |
0.33 |
|
42 |
1.21 |
|
11 |
0.34 |
|
16. Molasses |
24 |
0.5 |
|
1 |
0.03 |
|
0.75 |
0.03 |
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17. Oil fuel |
155 |
3.17 |
|
223 |
6.42 |
|
427 |
13.32 |
|
18. Oil seeds |
18 |
0.37 |
|
11 |
0.32 |
|
0.7 |
0.03 |
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19. Other grains |
-- |
-- |
|
33 |
0.95 |
|
128 |
3.99 |
|
20. Provision |
56 |
1.15 |
|
-- |
-- |
|
-- |
-- |
|
21. Petrol |
19 |
0.4 |
|
11 |
0.32 |
|
14 |
0.44 |
|
22. Paddy |
72 |
1.48 |
|
6 |
0.17 |
|
1 |
0.03 |
|
23. Rice |
459 |
9.41 |
|
370 |
10.65 |
|
441 |
13.76 |
|
24. Railway Stores and |
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materials other than fuel
|
369 |
7.56 |
|
43 |
1.24 |
|
13 |
0.41 |
|
25. Salt |
101 |
2.04 |
|
12 |
0.35 |
|
5 |
0.16 |
|
26. Sugar cane |
246 |
5.04 |
|
27 |
0.78 |
|
24 |
0.75 |
|
27. Sugar |
86 |
1.77 |
|
5 |
0.14 |
|
0.48 |
0.02 |
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28. Tea |
44 |
0.88 |
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-- |
-- |
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-- |
-- |
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29. Tobacco |
20 |
0.42 |
|
18 |
0.52 |
|
20 |
0.62 |
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30. Vegetable oil |
12 |
0.25 |
|
117 |
3.37 |
|
164 |
5.12 |
|
31. Wheat |
623 |
12.8 |
|
792 |
22.8 |
|
749 |
23.36 |
|
32. Wood unwrought |
56 |
1.15 |
|
17 |
0.49 |
|
18 |
0.56 |
|
33. Container |
- |
- |
|
542 |
15.61 |
|
530 |
16.53 |
|
34. All other commodities
|
512 |
10.56 |
|
828 |
23.84 |
|
129 |
4.02 |
|
Total |
4,878 |
--- |
|
3,473 |
100 |
|
3,206 |
100 |
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