1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Massachusetts
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Massachusetts
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Massachusetts | $111.7 billion | 73.1 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.9 | 0.7 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Massachusetts Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 12.5 |
| Food or kindred products | 11.0 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 8.4 |
| Machinery, including computers | 8.1 |
| Instruments, photographic good, optical, or clocks | 7.7 |
| Other commodities | 52.3 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Massachusetts Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 35.2 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 20.0 |
| Food or kindred products | 13.0 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 6.5 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 4.6 |
| Other commodities | 20.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Massachusetts Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 33.5 |
| New York | 6.9 |
| Connecticut | 5.7 |
| California | 5.4 |
| New Jersey | 4.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.9 |
| Other States | 40.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Massachusetts Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 71.7 |
| Rhode Island | 6.7 |
| New Hampshire | 3.8 |
| New York | 3.0 |
| Connecticut | 3.0 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.3 |
| Other States | 10.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Massachusetts
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 19.2 | 0.7 |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 72.0 | 95.6 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 3.6 | - |
| Rail | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 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 | 4.9 | 2.9 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Massachusetts
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 34.5 | 77.2 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 8.7 | 8.0 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 14.5 | 6.6 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 9.1 | 2.9 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 7.2 | 1.3 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 7.2 | 1.5 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 7.0 | 1.3 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.2 | 0.4 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 8.5 | 0.9 |
| 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).