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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 61,515 42,362 45.2 109,672 96,426 13.7 38,046 37,834 0.6 823 520 58.4
01-05 Agriculture products and fish S 2,413 S S 2,481 S S 621 S S 77 S
06-09 Grains, alcohol, and tobacco products 5,014 2,328 115.4 4,441 2,100 111.5 1,471 468 214.5 299 136 119.3
10-14 Stones, non-metallic minerals, and metallic ores 570 971 –41.3 9,777 25,175 –61.2 S 1,098 S 333 36 822.3
15-19 Coal and petroleum products 6,246 3,427 82.3 63,889 42,531 50.2 15,037 27,896 –46.1 155 140 10.3
20-24 Pharmaceutical and chemical products 7,021 5,521 27.2 10,052 4,666 115.4 4,577 2,623 74.5 537 761 –29.4
25-30 Logs, wood products, and textile and leather 6,359 4,447 43 2,534 2,375 6.7 1,355 505 168.6 1,060 814 30.3
31-34 Base metal and machinery 8,299 6,897 20.3 12,101 10,864 11.4 7,992 2,094 281.6 381 192 98.3
35-38 Electronic, motorized vehicles, and precision instruments S 11,856 S S 728 S 1,031 578 78.5 1,223 630 94
39-43 Furniture, mixed freight and misc. manufactured products 10,135 4,492 125.6 2,891 S S 1,130 S S 755 747 1
-- Commodity Unknown S S S S 5 S S S S 1,146 837 36.9

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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