BTS | Table 2-8 - Shipments by Size: 1993 and 1997

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Table 2-8
Shipments by Size: 1993 and 1997

(Commodity Flow Survey data only)

Shipment size	Value (constant $ billions)			Tons (millions)			Ton-miles (billions)
Shipment size	1993	1997^P	Change (%)	1993	1997^P	Change (%)	1993	1997^P	Change (%)
Less than 100 pounds	852	1,165	36.6	35	41	17.8	12	15	26.4
100999 pounds	995	1,215	22.1	139	168	20.1	30	41	37.6
1,00049,999 pounds	3,735	4,360	16.7	3,830	4,877	27.4	728	903	24.1
Over 50,000 pounds	820	885	7.9	5,685	6,477	13.9	1,651	1,849	12.0

KEY: P = preliminary.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on 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).

Table 2-8Shipments by Size: 1993 and 1997

Table 2-8
Shipments by Size: 1993 and 1997