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Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Montana 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 12,996 100.0 95,778 100.0 68,123 100.0
Single modes 11,019 84.8 82,162 85.8 67,208 98.7
Truck 7,742 59.6 27,262 28.5 4,136 6.1
For-hire 2,427 18.7 11,971 12.5 2,866 4.2
Private truck 5,297 40.8 15,269 15.9 1,267 1.9
Rail 2,793 21.5 52,789 55.1 62,939 92.4
Water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Shallow draft Z Z Z Z Z Z
Great Lakes Z Z Z Z Z Z
Deep draft Z Z Z Z Z Z
Air (including truck and air) S S S S S S
Pipeline S S S S S S
Multiple modes 1,343 10.3 666 0.7 543 0.8
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 1,124 8.6 30 Z 23 Z
Truck and rail intermodal combination 188 1.4 549 0.6 520 0.8
Truck and water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Rail and water Z Z Z Z Z Z
Other multiple modes S S 87 0.1 S S
Other and unknown modes 634 4.9 12,950 13.5 S S

KEY: S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measurement.

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.