1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Alaska
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Alaska
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Alaska | $8.1 billion | 23.5 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Alaska Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products | 28.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 21.2 |
| Fresh fish or other marine products | 16.8 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 5.9 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture . | 5.8 |
| Other commodities | 22.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Alaska Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products | 38.7 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 22.7 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 11.8 |
| Food or kindred products | 3.5 |
| Fresh fish or other marine products | 2.2 |
| Other commodities | 21.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Alaska Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 80.8 |
| Washington | 9.0 |
| Oregon | 5.3 |
| California | 2.6 |
| Texas | 0.2 |
| New York | - |
| Other States | 2.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Alaska Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 82.6 |
| Oregon | 10.4 |
| Washington | 3.4 |
| Other States | 3.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Alaska
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 44.7 | 25.7 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| Rail | 4.8 | 8.6 |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 2.5 | 14.1 |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | ** | ** |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | 12.5 | 14.4 |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 31.7 | 37.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Alaska
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 47.0 | 53.9 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 4.9 | ** |
| 100 to 249 miles | 2.8 | ** |
| 250 to 499 miles | 11.3 | 13.5 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 5.2 | ** |
| 750 to 999 miles | 9.0 | 3.7 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 8.0 | ** |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 7.1 | 12.5 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| 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: 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).