90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Louisiana
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 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 (in billion $ and million tons) | 88.92 - 103.48 | 330.89 - 388.91 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.46 - 1.72 | 3.34 - 3.96 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Louisiana Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products | 21.0 - 33.4 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 21.3 - 26.0 |
| Food or kindred products | 9.6 - 14.1 |
| Farm products | 5.5 - 8.0 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 4.1 - 4.9 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Louisiana Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products | 29.4 - 45.7 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 13.5 - 21.4 |
| Farm products | 7.9 - 12.9 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 4.9 - 12.3 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 5.6 - 10.5 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Louisiana Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 45.9 - 52.8 |
| Texas | 8.3 - 12.3 |
| Mississippi | 3.5 - 6.1 |
| Illinois | 2.5 - 4.1 |
| Florida | 1.7 - 4.0 |
| California | 1.8 - 3.8 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Louisiana Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 62.3 - 70.5 |
| Texas | 5.3 - 8.9 |
| Mississippi | 3.0 - 5.6 |
| Illinois | 1.4 - 2.4 |
| California | 0.3 - 3.3 |
| Alabama | 1.0 - 2.0 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Louisiana
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 2.4 - 3.4 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 45.5 - 51.5 | 32.2 - 38.6 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.1 - 0.5 | (X) | |
| Rail | 12.2 - 16.2 | 7.5 - 9.1 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 9.4 - 12.8 | 15.1 - 23.3 | |
| Pipeline* | 10.9 - 16.1 | 14.7 - 24.3 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.1 - 0.5 | (X) | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | 1.0 - 3.2 | 1.6 - 5.2 | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 5.5 - 8.8 | 9.8 - 18.4 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Louisiana
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 34.5 - 40.7 | 50.5 - 56.7 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 8.3 - 10.9 | 9.1 - 13.7 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 10.8 - 15.4 | 8.5 - 13.5 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 9.9 - 14.9 | 5.5 - 10.1 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 8.6 - 10.2 | 5.2 - 7.2 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 7.0 - 9.3 | 3.1 - 4.1 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 4.8 - 8.4 | 1.5 - 6.5 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.7 - 3.7 | 0.3 - 3.3 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.2 - 0.8 | (X) |
| 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).