1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Maine
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Maine
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Maine | $20.2 billion | 42.5 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Maine Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 18.5 |
| Apparel or other textile products | 12.1 |
| Food or kindred products | 12.0 |
| Leather or leather products | 8.5 |
| Lumber or wood products | 7.9 |
| Other commodities | 41.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Maine Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products | 51.2 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 12.5 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 10.2 |
| Clay, concrete, glass or stone | 4.7 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 4.6 |
| Other commodities | 16.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Maine Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Maine | 34.5 |
| Massachusetts | 8.0 |
| New York | 5.3 |
| New Hampshire | 4.7 |
| California | 4.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.9 |
| Other States | 39.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Maine Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Maine | 72.8 |
| New York | 7.3 |
| Massachusetts | 3.4 |
| New Hampshire | 3.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.8 |
| Vermont | 1.3 |
| Other States | 10.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Maine
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 11.9 | 0.2 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 74.5 | 90.2 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 2.4 | - | |
| Rail | 7.0 | 6.6 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | - | - | |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | ** | ** | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 4.2 | 3.0 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Maine
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 21.5 | 41.6 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 13.7 | 31.8 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 16.6 | 8.2 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 11.3 | 8.4 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 6.4 | 3.0 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 9.0 | 2.6 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 11.6 | 3.1 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.5 | 0.6 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 7.5 | 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).