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Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Tennessee 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 165,771 100.0 208,604 100.0 39,798 100.0
Single modes 146,341 88.3 202,335 97.0 36,954 92.9
Truck 140,445 84.7 187,925 90.1 28,952 72.7
For-hire 96,194 58.0 77,577 37.2 20,771 52.2
Private truck 42,787 25.8 107,951 51.7 7,581 19.0
Rail 4,171 2.5 12,113 5.8 7,622 19.2
Water S S S S S S
Shallow draft S S S S S S
Great Lakes Z Z Z Z Z Z
Deep draft S S S S S S
Air (including truck and air) 1,402 0.8 31 Z 31 Z
Pipeline 207 0.1 613 0.3 S S
Multiple modes 13,167 7.9 2,759 1.3 1,592 4.0
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 11,032 6.7 570 0.3 320 0.8
Truck and rail intermodal combination 1,960 1.2 S S 1,114 2.8
Truck and water 77 Z S S 154 0.4
Rail and water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Other multiple modes S S S S S S
Other and unknown modes 6,263 3.8 3,510 1.7 1,251 3.1

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.