Commodity Flow Survey (CFS)

The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) is the primary source of national and state-level data on domestic freight shipments by American establishments in mining, manufacturing, wholesale, auxiliaries, and selected retail industries. Data are provided on the types, origins and destinations, values, weights, modes of transport, distance shipped, and ton-miles of commodities shipped. The CFS is a shipper-based survey and is conducted every five years as part of the Economic Census. It provides a modal picture of national freight flows, and represents the only publicly available source of commodity flow data for the highway mode. The CFS was conducted in 1993, 1997, 2002, and most recently in 2007.

2007 CFS

• The preliminary tables will be available in December 2008
• Final data will be available in December 2009

2002 CFS

Data sets

• CD-ROM
• Interactive tables - Generate and download custom tables in American FactFinder

Reports and Tables

• National – U.S. Report
• States:
• Individual state reports
• Summary
• Metropolitan areas
• Hazardous materials
• Exports

1997 CFS

Data sets

• CD-ROM

Reports and Tables

• National – U.S. Report
• Individual state reports
• Metropolitan areas
• Hazardous materials
• Exports

1993 CFS

Data sets

• CD-ROM

Reports and Tables

• National
• National – U.S. Report
• United States Highlights
• States
• Individual state reports
• Summary - Commodity Movements Summary