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Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in South Dakota by Mode of Transportation: 1997

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  Value Short tons Ton-miles
Number
($ millions)
Percent Number
(thousands)
Percent Number (millions) Percent
All modes 20,178 100.0 36,853 100.0 17,269 100.0
Single modes 12,402 61.5 35,545 96.5 16,970 98.3
Truck 10,741 53.2 25,899 70.3 4,129 23.9
For-hire 5,969 29.6 8,755 23.8 2,927 16.9
Private truck 4,760 23.6 17,119 46.5 1,196 6.9
Rail 1,197 5.9 S S S S
Water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Shallow draft Z Z Z Z Z Z
Great Lakes Z Z Z Z Z Z
Deep draft Z Z Z Z Z Z
Air (including truck and air) S S 3 Z 4 Z
Pipeline S S S S S S
Multiple modes S S 180 0.5 176 1.0
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service S S 163 0.4 S S
Truck and rail intermodal combination 73 0.4 16 Z 28 0.2
Truck and water S S S S S S
Rail and water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Other multiple modes Z Z Z Z Z Z
Other and unknown modes 623 3.1 1,128 3.1 122 0.7

KEY: S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measure.

NOTE: The Commodity Flow Survey covers business establishments in mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and selected retail industries. The survey also covers selected auxiliary establishments (e.g., warehouses) of in-scope multiunit and retail companies. The survey excludes establishments classified as farms, forestry, fisheries, governments, construction, transportation, foreign establishments, services, and most establishments in retail. Due to industry-wide reporting problems, shipments by oil and gas extraction establishments are also excluded.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey, Washington, DC: 1999, available at http://www.bts.gov/ntda/cfs/cfs97od.html as of Nov. 2, 2001.