90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Connecticut
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Connecticut
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Connecticut (in billion $ and million tons) | 64.73 - 77.87 | 39.04 - 49.36 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.07 - 1.29 | 0.39 - 0.50 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Connecticut Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Machinery, including computers | 6.9 - 27.4 |
| Transportation equipment | 6.5 - 19.6 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 6.8 - 10.9 |
| Food or kindred products | 6.4 - 9.6 |
| Instruments, photographic good, optical, or clocks | 3.3 - 10.8 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Connecticut Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 23.9 - 43.3 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 11.4 - 25.8 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 10.5 - 18.5 |
| Food or kindred products | 7.3 - 10.7 |
| Primary metal products | 3.5 - 5.6 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Connecticut Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | 18.2 - 23.4 |
| New York | 11.4 - 18.3 |
| Massachusetts | 5.6 - 13.8 |
| New Jersey | 5.0 - 6.0 |
| California | 3.9 - 5.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.2 - 5.8 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Connecticut Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | 74.0 - 80.0 |
| Massachusetts | 4.0 - 6.0 |
| New York | 3.5 - 5.5 |
| New Jersey | 1.6 - 2.6 |
| Rhode Island | 1.0 - 3.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.3 - 2.3 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Connecticut
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 16.2 - 22.4 | 0.6 - 1.0 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 69.4 - 76.6 | 92.1 - 103.1 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 2.8 - 5.4 | (X) |
| Rail | 0.0 - 0.4 | 0.2 - 0.6 |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | (X) | (X) |
| Pipeline* | (X) | (X) |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | (X) | (X) |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | (X) | (X) |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.6 - 4.2 | 0.8 - 1.4 |
| Total | (X) | (X) |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Connecticut
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 20.8 - 28.0 | 75.4 - 80.4 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 12.6 - 18.8 | 8.1 - 10.1 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 12.9 - 20.5 | 5.0 - 7.3 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 5.3 - 7.3 | 1.6 - 2.6 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 7.0 - 10.0 | 1.2 - 1.8 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 7.5 - 13.5 | 1.2 - 1.8 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 7.1 - 9.1 | 0.8 - 1.2 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.8 - 2.8 | (X) |
| 2,000 miles or more | 6.1 - 8.7 | 0.4 - 0.8 |
| 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).