This report presents summary statistics from the 1997 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) of shipment value and shipment weight by mode of transportation and commodity for shipments with a destination outside of the United States. Selected data are also available on country of destination (Canada, Mexico, and All Others) and state of origin.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau cosponsored the 1993 and 1997 CFS. The CFS reports the value, weight, mode, and distance transported for commodities shipped by manufacturing, mining, wholesale trade, and selected retail and service industries. The CFS covers both local and intercity freight movements, including exports but not imports; identifies parcel, postal, and courier as a separate mode of transportation; includes freight movement between coastal ports; and estimates freight carried by intermodal combinations of carriers. The CFS also reports commodities that are hazardous materials and those shipments that were exports.
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