90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Alabama
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Alabama
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Alabama (in billion $ and million tons) | 83.98 - 93.62 | 198.01 - 239.79 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.38 - 1.56 | 2.00 - 2.44 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Alabama Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 11.9 - 15.4 |
| Primary metal products | 7.4 - 11.3 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 7.4 - 10.8 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 5.8 - 8.4 |
| Transportation equipment | 4.6 - 8.7 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Alabama Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 16.9 - 28.4 |
| Coal | 9.9 - 18.6 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 9.1 - 18.4 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 9.1 - 15.6 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 6.2 - 9.3 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Alabama Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 31.8 - 35.8 |
| Georgia | 7.0 - 8.4 |
| Florida | 5.2 - 6.6 |
| Tennessee | 5.0 - 6.6 |
| Texas | 3.8 - 4.8 |
| Mississippi | 3.2 - 3.8 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Alabama Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 67.8 - 74.7 |
| Georgia | 4.6 - 6.6 |
| Mississippi | 3.0 - 5.3 |
| Florida | 2.4 - 4.0 |
| Tennessee | 1.7 - 2.7 |
| Louisiana | 1.3 - 1.9 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Alabama
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 4.0 - 5.0 | (X) |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 80.4 - 84.8 | 74.9 - 81.5 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.1 - 1.7 | (X) |
| Rail . | 6.3 - 8.3 | 10.9 - 13.9 |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.8 - 1.4 | 2.3 - 3.9 |
| Pipeline* | (X) | (X) |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.1 - 0.5 | 0.0 - 0.4 |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | (X) | (X) |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.3 - 3.3 | 3.5 - 8.5 |
| Total . | (X) | (X) |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Alabama
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 21.7 - 25.0 | 53.1 - 60.7 |
| 50 to 99 miles . | 10.2 - 11.6 | 11.8 - 16.0 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 16.3 - 18.3 | 11.6 - 14.6 |
| 250 to 499 miles . | 17.3 - 19.3 | 6.7 - 9.3 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 14.9 - 18.2 | 4.0 - 5.4 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 6.1 - 8.1 | 1.3 - 2.3 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 1.9 - 2.3 | 0.3 - 0.7 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.6 - 3.6 | 0.6 - 1.0 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.6 - 2.2 | (X) |
| Total | (X) | (X) |
* CFS data for pipelines exclude most shipments of crude oil.
NA Not available.
X Not applicable.
NOTE: For explanation of 90-percent confidence intervals see Appendix B, "Reliability of the Data," in source document.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey, TC92-CF (Washington, DC: 1996).