1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Louisiana
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Louisiana
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Louisiana | $96.2 billion | 359.9 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.6 | 3.7 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Louisiana Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products | 27.2 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 23.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 11.9 |
| Farm products | 6.8 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 4.5 |
| Other commodities | 26.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Louisiana Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products | 37.6 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 17.4 |
| Farm products | 10.4 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 8.6 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 8.1 |
| Other commodities | 18.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Louisiana Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 49.3 |
| Texas | 10.3 |
| Mississippi | 4.8 |
| Illinois | 3.3 |
| Florida | 2.8 |
| California | 2.8 |
| Other States | 26.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Louisiana Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 66.4 |
| Texas | 7.1 |
| Mississippi | 4.3 |
| Illinois | 1.9 |
| California | 1.8 |
| Alabama | 1.5 |
| Other States | 17.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Louisiana
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 2.9 | - | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 48.5 | 35.4 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.3 | - | |
| Rail | 14.2 | 8.3 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 11.1 | 19.2 | |
| Pipeline* | 13.5 | 19.5 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | 2.1 | 3.4 | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 7.1 | 14.1 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Louisiana
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 37.6 | 53.6 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 9.6 | 11.4 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 13.1 | 11.0 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 12.4 | 7.8 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 9.4 | 6.2 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 8.1 | 3.6 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 6.6 | 4.0 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.7 | 1.8 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.5 | ** |
| 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).