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Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in South Carolina 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 102,750 100.0 115,922 100.0 22,275 100.0
Single modes 94,194 91.7 114,426 98.7 21,624 97.1
Truck 87,926 85.6 103,882 89.6 16,027 72.0
For-hire 55,284 53.8 42,245 36.4 12,002 53.9
Private truck 32,240 31.4 61,135 52.7 3,897 17.5
Rail 4,616 4.5 10,438 9.0 5,539 24.9
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) 1,521 1.5 S S 56 Z
Pipeline S S S S S S
Multiple modes 6,173 6.0 340 Z 302 1.4
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 5,838 5.7 191 Z 117 Z
Truck and rail intermodal combination 290 0.3 125 Z 177 Z
Truck and water S S S S 7 Z
Rail and water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Other multiple modes S S S S S S
Other and unknown modes 2,384 2.3 1,156 1.0 349 1.6

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.