1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Florida
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Florida
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Florida | $172.0 billion | 345.9 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 2.8 | 3.5 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Florida Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 21.7 |
| Transportation equipment | 10.1 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 8.5 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 8.0 |
| Machinery, including computers | 6.2 |
| Other commodities | 45.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Florida Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 36.9 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 12.2 |
| Food or kindred products | 11.6 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 10.9 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 9.7 |
| Other commodities | 18.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Florida Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Florida | 63.2 |
| Texas | 4.4 |
| Georgia | 4.1 |
| California | 3.2 |
| New York | 2.2 |
| New Jersey | 1.5 |
| Other States | 21.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Florida Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Florida | 81.8 |
| Georgia | 4.6 |
| Texas | 1.1 |
| Alabama | 0.9 |
| California | 0.6 |
| Ohio | 0.6 |
| Other States | 10.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Florida
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 10.8 | 0.2 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 77.6 | 67.8 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 3.2 | - |
| Rail | 2.9 | 22.7 |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | ** | ** |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 5.4 | 9.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Florida
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 39.1 | 60.5 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 9.0 | 13.0 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 14.6 | 9.5 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 7.7 | 5.3 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 5.2 | ** |
| 750 to 999 miles | 9.4 | 3.0 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 9.8 | 1.8 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 4.0 | 0.7 |
| 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).