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Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Texas 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 567,017 100.0 913,505 100.0 206,392 100.0
Single modes 490,342 86.5 862,896 94.5 189,009 91.6
Truck 366,365 64.6 465,355 50.9 79,223 38.4
For-hire 195,900 34.5 199,559 21.8 56,467 27.4
Private truck 168,297 29.7 262,281 28.7 22,096 10.7
Rail 43,841 7.7 95,987 10.5 59,935 29.0
Water 19,701 3.5 95,199 10.4 31,164 15.1
Shallow draft 15,032 2.7 69,440 7.6 15,009 7.3
Great Lakes 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0
Deep draft 4,670 0.8 25,759 2.8 16,155 7.8
Air (including truck and air) 18,086 3.2 151 0 206 0.1
Pipeline 42,349 7.5 206,204 22.6 S S
Multiple modes 60,622 10.7 7,723 0.8 S S
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 57,644 10.2 1,225 0.1 852 0.4
Truck and rail intermodal combination 2,469 0.4 4,147 0.5 2,986 1.4
Truck and water S S S S S S
Rail and water S S S S S S
Other multiple modes 66 0.0 S S S S
Other and unknown modes 16,053 2.8 42,887 4.7 3,068 1.5

KEY: S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons.

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.