1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Alabama
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Alabama
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Alabama | $888 billion | 2189 million tons |
| Percent of total US shipments (preliminary US estimate) | 1.5 | 2.2 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Alabama Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 13.7 |
| Primary metal products | 9.3 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 9.1 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 7.1 |
| Transportation equipment | 6.6 |
| Other commodities | 54.2 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Alabama Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 22.6 |
| Coal | 14.2 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 13.7 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 12.3 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 7.8 |
| Other commodities | 29.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Alabama
Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 33.8 |
| Georgia | 7.7 |
| Florida | 5.9 |
| Tennessee | 5.8 |
| Texas | 4.3 |
| Mississippi | 3.5 |
| Other States | 39.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Alabama
Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 71.2 |
| Georgia | 5.6 |
| Mississippi | 4.1 |
| Florida | 3.2 |
| Tennessee | 2.2 |
| Louisiana | 1.6 |
| Other States | 12.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Alabama
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, US Postal Service, or courier service | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 82.6 | 78.2 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.4 | - |
| Rail | 7.3 | 12.4 |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| Pipeline* | - | - |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.8 | 6.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Alabama
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 23.3 | 56.9 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 10.9 | 13.9 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 17.3 | 13.1 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 18.3 | 8.0 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 16.5 | 4.7 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 7.1 | 1.8 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 2.1 | 0.5 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.1 | 0.8 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
* CFS data for pipelines exclude most shipments of crude oil
** Some or all data suppressed to avoid disclosure or because data are statistically unreliable
- Represents zero or less than 1 unit of measurement
NOTE: Data are estimates based on a sample and subject to error See Appendix B, "Reliability of the Data," in source document
SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey, TC92-CF (Washington, DC: 1996)