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Table 1b. Export Shipment Characteristics by Export Mode of Transportation: 2002 and 1997

[Estimates are based on data from the 2002 and 1997 Commodity Flow Surveys. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]

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Export mode of transportation Value Tons
2002
(million $)
1997
(million $)
Percent Change 2002
(thousands)
1997
(thousands)
Percent Change
All modes 595,518 555,533 7.2 487,473 445,324 9.5
Single modes 508,639 487,982 4.2 452,934 410,527 10.3
Truck1 148,459 108,398 37.0 54,923 48,070 14.3
Rail 17,536 22,803 −23.1 49,916 36,663 36.1
Water 162,273 161,473 0.5 344,416 321,630 7.1
Air (including truck and air) 180,265 195,244 −7.7 3,441 4,151 −17.1
Pipeline2 S 63 S S 13 S
Multiple modes 71,541 15,551 360.0 24,242 862 S
Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier 24,360 15,551 56.6 585 862 −32.1
Truck and rail
All other multiple modes 47,181 23,657
Other and unknown modes 15,338 52,000 -70.5 10,296 33,935 -69.7

KEY:
– Represents an estimate 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 "Truck" as a single mode includes shipment that were made by only private truck only for-hire truck, or a combination of private and for-hire truck.
2 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.

NOTES: Value-of-shipment estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Appendix B tables provide estimated measures of sampling variability. The Introduction and appendixes give information on confidentially 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: Research and Innovative Technologies Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Export Data, March 2005.



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