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Table 10. Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group for State of Origin: 2002 and 1997

[Estimates are based on data from the Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]

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Code Commodity (2-digit SCTG) Value Tons Ton-miles1 Average miles per shipment
2002
(million $)
1997
(million $)
Percent change 1997-2002 2002
(thousands)
1997
(thousands)
Percent change 1997-2002 2002
(millions)
1997
(millions)
Percent Change 1997-2002 2002 (average miles) 1997 (average miles) Percent change 1997-2002
  All Commodities2 12,106 9,174 32 401,092 274,251 46.3 421,230 276,172 52.5 589 S S
01-05 Agriculture products and fish 52 25 106.5 290 S S 97 123 –21.6 S S S
06-09 Grains, alcohol, and tobacco products 460 417 10.2 544 565 –3.8 179 341 –47.5 S S S
10-14 Stones, non-metallic minerals, and metallic ores 388 464 –16.4 10,246 7,732 32.5 7,074 5,944 19 366 408 –10.3
15-19 Coal and petroleum products 5,833 3,638 60.4 374,361 250,922 49.2 405,063 255,706 58.4 138 177 –21.9
20-24 Pharmaceutical and chemical products 1,620 1,710 –5.2 11,471 12,432 –7.7 7,378 13,058 –43.5 251 S S
25-30 Logs, wood products, and textile and leather 666 S S 875 769 13.8 573 427 34.2 786 S S
31-34 Base metal and machinery 1,406 885 59 2,703 1,356 99.4 383 546 –29.8 213 166 28
35-38 Electronic, motorized vehicles, and precision instruments S 366 S 56 11 406.1 13 S S 875 487 79.5
39-43 Furniture, mixed freight and misc. manufactured products 440 318 38.5 S 40 S S 12 S 653 458 42.8
-- Commodity Unknown 19 S S S S S S S S 294 736 –60.1

KEY:
– Represents data cell equal to zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality.

1 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network. See "Mileage Calculations" section for additional information.
2 Estimates exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).

NOTES: Value-of-shipments estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Appendix B tables provide estimated measures of sampling variability. The Introduction and appendixes give information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions. Links to this information on the Internet may be found at www.census.gov/cfs. Coverage for the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) differs from the previous surveys due to a change from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification System to the 1997 North American Industry Classification System and other survey improvements. Therefore, data users are urged to use caution when comparing 2002 CFS estimates with estimates from prior years.

SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Individual State Data, December 2004.



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