1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Arkansas
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Arkansas
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Arkansas | $66.9 billion | 100.2 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Arkansas Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 22.0 |
| Miscellaneous freight shipments | 13.5 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 6.0 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 5.8 |
| Transportation equipment | 4.7 |
| Other commodities | 48.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Arkansas Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 21.1 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 20.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 18.3 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 7.7 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 6.0 |
| Other commodities | 26.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Arkansas Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 26.3 |
| Texas | 13.1 |
| Missouri | 5.5 |
| California | 5.0 |
| Tennessee | 4.4 |
| Illinois | 3.8 |
| Other States | 41.9 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Arkansas Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Arkansas | 59.0 |
| Texas | 6.0 |
| Louisiana | 4.8 |
| Missouri | 4.6 |
| Tennessee | 3.1 |
| Oklahoma | 2.3 |
| Other States | 20.2 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Arkansas
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 3.4 | 0.1 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 87.5 | 85.1 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.6 | - | |
| Rail | 5.2 | 11.2 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | ** | ** | |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.8 | 0.3 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.5 | 3.3 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Arkansas
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 17.1 | 50.7 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 9.1 | 11.3 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 17.1 | 13.3 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 21.2 | 10.3 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 16.3 | 6.3 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 7.1 | 3.5 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 8.5 | 3.1 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.5 | 1.4 |
| 2,000 miles or more | - | - |
| 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).