BTS | Table 2-6 - U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 1997

Table 2-6
U.S. Freight Shipments by Distance Shipped: 1993 and 1997

(Commodity Flow Survey data only)

Distance shipped	Value (constant $ billions)			Tons (millions)			Ton-miles (billions)
Distance shipped	1993	1997^P	Change (%)	1993	1997^P	Change (%)	1993	1997^P	Change (%)
Less than 100 miles	$2,527	$3,051	20.7	6,490	7,713	18.9	226	254	12.3
100-999 miles	2,981	3,420	14.8	2,833	3,337	17.8	1,492	1,743	16.8
1,000 miles or more	895	1,153	28.8	366	513	40.0	703	812	15.5
Total	$6,402	$7,624	19.1	9,688	11,563	19.3	2,421	2,808	16.0

KEY: P = preliminary.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey: United States, TC92-CF-52 (Washington, DC: 1995).

____. 1997 Commodity Flow Survey: United States Preliminary, EC97TCF-US(P) (Washington, DC: 1999).