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Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Washington 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 151,478 100.0 264,047 100.0 52,144 100.0
Single modes 122,298 80.7 226,438 85.8 45,081 86.5
Truck 71,753 47.4 170,229 64.5 20,054 38.5
For-hire 32,516 21.5 50,698 19.2 14,387 27.6
Private truck 38,816 25.6 117,136 44.4 5,444 10.4
Rail 4,634 3.1 14,443 5.5 15,134 29.0
Water 3,941 2.6 25,799 9.8 8,356 16.0
Shallow draft 1,725 1.1 14,348 5.4 2,731 5.2
Great Lakes S S S S S S
Deep draft 2,215 1.5 11,451 4.3 5,625 10.8
Air (including truck and air) 38,504 25.4 108 S 193 0.4
Pipeline 3,467 2.3 15,859 6.0 S S
Multiple modes 20,478 13.5 3,679 1.4 4,479 8.6
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 18,386 12.1 404 0.2 469 0.9
Truck and rail intermodal combination 1,280 0.8 1,530 0.6 2,402 4.6
Truck and water 723 0.5 1,625 0.6 1,393 2.7
Rail and water S S S S S S
Other multiple modes S S S S S S
Other and unknown modes 8,702 5.7 33,930 12.8 2,584 5.0

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.