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This report summarizes the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey state reports released in March 2005 by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration of the USDOT and the Census Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce. It presents the major highlights of freight shipments for each state. The report provides information on the value and weight of commodities, the major origins and destinations of shipments by value and weight, the mode of transportation, and the length of haul of the shipments.
The 2002 CFS is undertaken through a partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of Transportation. This survey produces data on the movement of goods in the United States. It provides information on commodities shipped, their value, weight, and mode of transportation, as well as the origin and destination of shipments of manufacturing, mining, wholesale, and select retail establishments. The data from the CFS are used by public policy analysts and for transportation planning and decision making to assess the demand for transportation facilities and services, energy use, and safety risk and environmental concerns. The CFS was last conducted in 1997.
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