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Table B-12a. Estimated Measures of Reliability for Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Truck for Intrastate vs Interstate for Selected Commodities: 2002

[Estimates are shown as percents and are based on data from the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey]

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SCTG Code Commodity Description Value Tons Ton–miles
CV Intrastate std. error of percentage Interstate std. error of percentage CV Intrastate std. error of percentage Interstate std. error of percentage CV Intrastate std. error of percentage Interstate std. error of percentage
Total 3.7 1.5 1.5 4.6 1.5 1.5 7.0 3.2 3.2
17 Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 5.2 2.2 2.2 5.9 2.2 2.2 11.8 7.1 7.1
18 Fuel oils 5.7 1.0 1.0 6.0 1.4 1.4 11.3 5.6 5.6
19 Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. 15.6 3.5 3.5 19.0 3.5 3.5 22.6 5.3 5.3
20 Basic chemicals 11.4 4.5 4.5 17.6 3.1 3.1 12.6 2.6 2.6
22 Fertilizers 33.1 4.9 4.9 32.0 4.5 4.5 32.6 S 3.5
23 Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. 17.5 4.4 4.4 13.1 5.1 5.1 16.7 2.1 2.1
– All other SCTG codes 8.5 2.1 2.1 18.6 3.7 3.7 14.9 1.3 1.3

KEY:
– Represents an estimate equal to zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of highly sampling variability or poor response quality.
CV Coefficient of variation of number

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