Arkansas handles $4.9 billion worth of freight each year, along more than 900 miles of inland waterway. That amounts to more than 14.4 million tons of commodities being shipped to, from and within Arkansas. The states docks ship commodities by barge to 16 states and receive commodities from 17 states.
| Arkansas 2005 Commodities Moved From, to and within the State
(values in millions of dollars) |
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| Commodity | Shipped | Received | Within | Total | Value |
| Coal | 0 | 27,241 | 0 | 27,241 | $0 |
| Petroleum | 604,256 | 436,746 | 0 | 1,041,002 | $140 |
| Aggregates | 1,146,731 | 628,972 | 3,973,058 | 5,748,761 | $307 |
| Grain | 3,073,981 | 35,789 | ** | 3,109,770 | $755 |
| Chemicals | 6,902 | 634,524 | ** | 641,426 | $190 |
| Ores/Minerals | 44,461 | 155,379 | 0 | 199,840 | $79 |
| Iron/Steel | 409,725 | 2,533,347 | 51,960 | 2,995,032 | $2,365 |
| Other | 130,187 | 515,793 | 22,045 | 668,025 | $1,087 |
| TOTAL | 5,416,243 | 4,967,791 | 4,047,063 | 14,431,097 | $4,923 |
** Insufficient barge operators to release this tonnage – included in “Other Commodities”
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterborne Commerce Statistics
Shipments on Mississippi River Basin Waterways Only
| Arkansas 2005 Commodities Shipped by Barge to and from Other States
(tonnage in thousands of tons; values in millions of dollars) |
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| Shipments To | Tons | Value | Top Commodity | Shipments From | Tons | Value | Top Commodity |
| Louisiana | 4, 015 | $962 | Grain | Louisiana | 1, 782 | $555 | Iron/Steel |
| Tennessee | 654 | $149 | Petroleum | Illinois | 624 | $547 | Iron/Steel |
| Illinois | 143 | $56 | Others | Kentucky | 599 | $624 | Iron/Steel |
| Oklahoma | 132 | $88 | Aggregate | Texas | 527 | $219 | Petroleum |
| Mississippi | 122 | $26 | Aggregate | Tennessee | 507 | $299 | Aggregates |
