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Table 3-3: Shipments Originating in Virginia 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 122,980 100.0 254,798 100.0 48,097 100.0
Single modes 107,406 87.3 246,874 96.9 44,524 92.6
Truck 102,919 83.7 196,579 77.2 20,699 43.0
For-hire 58,636 47.7 90,042 35.3 13,301 27.7
Private truck 43,689 35.5 104,110 40.9 7,332 15.2
Rail 2,479 2.0 49,284 19.3 23,704 49.3
Water 160 0.1 674 0.3 S S
Shallow draft 122 0.1 568 0.2 55 0.1
Great Lakes Z Z Z Z Z Z
Deep draft S S S S S S
Air (including truck and air) 1,778 1.4 31 Z 42 0.1
Pipeline 70 0.1 S S S S
Multiple modes 12,605 10.2 4,069 1.6 2,019 4.2
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 11,956 9.7 317 0.1 224 0.5
Truck and rail intermodal combination S S S S S S
Truck and water S S S S 24 Z
Rail and water 116 0.1 3,490 1.4 1,499 3.1
Other multiple modes S S S S S S
Other and unknown modes 2,970 2.4 3,855 1.5 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 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.