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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Idaho

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Idaho

Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation

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Summary Value Weight
Total shipments originating in Idaho (in billion $ and million tons) 14.6 - 18.4 43.7 - 53.5
Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) 0.2 - 0.3 0.4 - 0.5

Commodity Shipments Originating in Idaho Ranked by Value

Commodity Percent of value
Food or kindred products 21.4 - 32.6
Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture . 13.8 - 21.6
Machinery, including computers 2.8 - 23.4
Chemicals or allied products 6.8 - 11.0
Farm products 6.4 - 10.3
Other commodities (NA)
Total (X)

Commodity Shipments Originating in Idaho Ranked by Weight

Commodity Percent of weight
Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture 33.6 - 52.0
Nonmetallic minerals 9.3 - 18.6
Farm products 8.4 - 18.1
Food or kindred products 7.8 - 13.8
Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products 3.4 - 8.1
Other commodities (NA)
Total (X)

Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Idaho Ranked by Value

State Percent of value
Idaho 28.4 - 35.3
California 10.0 - 20.8
Washington 4.6 - 7.2
Oregon 4.7 - 7.0
Utah 2.8 - 6.8
Texas 2.1 - 3.1
Other States (NA)
Total (X)

Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Idaho Ranked by Weight

State Percent of weight
Idaho 56.9 - 72.1
Washington 2.8 - 10.0
Oregon 3.2 - 8.4
California 2.2 - 4.2
Montana 1.5 - 4.8
Utah 1.7 - 4.3
Other States (NA)
Total (X)

Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Idaho

Modes Percent of value Percent of weight
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 4.7 - 8.0 (X)
Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) 66.7 - 74.3 58.3 - 72.7
Air (including truck and air) 0.6 - 2.9 (X)
Rail 12.9 - 20.5 23.3 - 42.7
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 (X) 0.5 - 2.1
Total (X) (X)

Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Idaho

Distance Percent of value Percent of weight
Less than 50 miles 18.2 - 23.8 36.1 - 54.5
50 to 99 miles 6.0 - 9.3 12.8 - 26.0
100 to 249 miles 7.4 - 11.0 5.2 - 10.8
250 to 499 miles 11.6 - 15.6 5.6 - 12.2
500 to 749 miles 12.7 - 23.9 2.3 - 8.5
750 to 999 miles 3.8 - 6.1 1.6 - 2.6
1,000 to 1,499 miles 9.4 - 12.4 5.1 - 7.4
1,500 to 1,999 miles 8.2 - 10.8 2.7 - 6.0
2,000 miles or more 3.6 - 11.2 1.0 - 1.6
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).