1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Georgia
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Georgia
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Georgia | $210.1 billion | 262.2 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 3.5 | 2.7 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Georgia Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Transportation equipment | 16.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 11.4 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 8.7 |
| Apparel or other finished textile products . | 8.6 |
| Textile mill products | 8.3 |
| Other commodities | 46.3 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Georgia Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 24.1 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 14.9 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 12.2 |
| Food or kindred products | 9.7 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 5.5 |
| Other commodities | 33.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Georgia Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 33.2 |
| Florida | 11.5 |
| North Carolina | 6.2 |
| Tennessee | 6.1 |
| Alabama | 5.6 |
| South Carolina | 4.3 |
| Other States | 33.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Georgia Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 71.7 |
| Florida | 5.1 |
| South Carolina | 2.6 |
| Alabama | 2.5 |
| Tennessee | 2.3 |
| North Carolina | 2.3 |
| Other States | 13.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Georgia
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 6.8 | 0.2 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 84.6 | 82.8 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.8 | - |
| Rail | 3.1 | 10.6 |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | ** | ** |
| Pipeline* | - | - |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 2.5 | 0.3 |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | - | - |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.2 | 6.1 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Georgia
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 22.1 | 56.7 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 6.1 | 11.0 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 21.2 | 13.2 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 23.4 | 8.2 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 16.4 | 6.8 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 5.8 | 2.5 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| 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).