Great Lakes Dry-Bulk Commerce: 2004-2009 and 5-Year Average
(net tons)

Commodity 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Average
2004-2008
IRON ORE
From Lake Superior 48,074,811 45,240,419 45,635,055 43,846,005 45,965,629 23,630,58345,752,383
From Lake Michigan 5,036,886 3,705,873 4,505,150 4,877,479 5,260,006 4,298,5664,677,077
From Eastern Canada 9,502,914 9,241,256 9,737,893 9,375,654 8,017,319 3,863,4829,175,007
Total Iron Ore 62,614,611 58,187,548 59,878,098 58,099,138 59,242,954 31,792,631 59,604,467
COAL
From Lake Superior 20,150,004 21,939,208 22,683,590 21,763,518 24,054,469 19,172,349 22,118,157
From Lake Michigan 3,946,020 4,183,423 3,578,388 3,561,601 3,350,732 2,209,971 3,724,032
From Lake Erie 15,840,836 16,584,057 15,525,475 13,935,419 12,385,289 8,492,111 14,854,215
Total Coal 39,936,860 42,706,688 41,878,453 39,260,538 39,790,490 29,874,431 40,696,404
STONE
From U.S. Ports 31,691,083 29,984,216 30,908,502 27,961,091 25,691,214 18,611,577 29,247,221
From Canadian Ports 8,530,969 7,741,161 8,069,219 6,040,375 6,676,299 4,892,5557,411,604
Total Stone 40,222,052 37,725,377 38,977,721 34,001,466 32,367,513 23,504,132 36,658,825
SALT 9,239,658 9,255,371 9,726,216 8,892,084 11,452,842 12,611,308 9,707,834
CEMENT 6,345,671 6,154,834 6,047,303 5,671,762 5,036,915 4,016,999 5,851,297
GRAIN 11,667,639 11,377,508 13,027,667 11,135,605 9,284,286 9,393,810 11,298,941

TOTAL

170,026,491 165,407,326 169,535,458 157,060,593 157,148,000 111,193,311 163,817,768

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

Totals in red have been revised since publication of the 2008 report.

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