1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Delaware
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Delaware
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Delaware | $16.1 billion | 24.3 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Delaware Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Chemicals or allied products | 21.1 |
| Transportation equipment | 17.1 |
| Food or kindred products | 11.9 |
| Apparel or other finished textile products . | 8.1 |
| Textile mill products | 4.5 |
| Other commodities | 37.3 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Delaware Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 11.8 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 10.0 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 8.9 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 4.7 |
| Primary metal products | 3.4 |
| Other commodities | 61.3 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Delaware Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Delaware | 14.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 15.6 |
| New Jersey | 9.0 |
| New York | 7.7 |
| Massachusetts | 5.9 |
| Maryland | 5.9 |
| Other States | 41.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Delaware Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Delaware | 27.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 30.0 |
| Maryland | 10.1 |
| New Jersey | 6.0 |
| Virginia | 5.8 |
| New York | 2.0 |
| Other States | 18.3 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Delaware
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 70.3 | 61.7 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.7 | - |
| Rail | 2.5 | 5.6 |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | ** | ** |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 11.8 | 0.8 |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 9.8 | 31.8 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Delaware
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 27.6 | 58.5 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 11.1 | 10.3 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 18.3 | 16.8 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 18.7 | ** |
| 500 to 749 miles | 8.8 | 2.5 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 4.9 | 1.8 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 4.6 | 0.8 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | ** | 0.1 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 4.9 | 0.6 |
| 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).