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Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Delaware 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 16,949 100.0 24,149 100.0 3,654 100.0
Single modes 14,599 86.1 23,872 98.9 3,476 95.1
Truck 12,416 73.3 15,603 64.6 2,825 77.3
For-hire 8,339 49.2 8,300 34.4 2,189 59.9
Private truck 3,783 22.3 5,482 22.7 449 12.3
Rail 481 2.8 1,012 4.2 645 17.7
Water S S S S S S
Shallow draft Z Z Z Z Z Z
Great lakes Z Z Z Z Z Z
Deep draft S S S S S S
Air (including truck and air) 182 1.1 2 Z 3 Z
Pipeline S S S S S S
Multiple modes 1,716 10.1 141 0.6 153 4.2
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 702 4.1 14 Z 8 0.2
Truck and rail intermodal combination S S 127 0.5 145 4.0
Truck and water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Rail and water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Other multiple modes Z Z Z Z Z Z
Other and unknown modes 634 3.7 136 0.6 S S

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.