90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Massachusetts
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 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 (in billion $ and million tons) | 107.84 - 115.56 | 59.87 - 86.33 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.77 - 1.93 | 0.60 - 0.88 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Massachusetts Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 10.7 - 14.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 8.7 - 13.2 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 7.0 - 9.7 |
| Machinery, including computers | 7.0 - 9.2 |
| Instruments, photographic good, optical, or clocks | 6.1 - 9.3 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Massachusetts Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 15.9 - 54.4 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 11.2 - 28.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 9.4 - 16.7 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 4.4 - 8.7 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 3.5 - 5.7 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Massachusetts Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 31.5 - 35.5 |
| New York | 5.9 - 7.9 |
| Connecticut | 4.6 - 6.9 |
| California | 4.9 - 5.9 |
| New Jersey | 3.2 - 4.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.1 - 4.7 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Massachusetts Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 67.8 - 75.7 |
| Rhode Island | 3.7 - 9.7 |
| New Hampshire | 2.5 - 5.1 |
| New York | 2.3 - 3.7 |
| Connecticut | 2.5 - 3.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.8 - 1.8 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Massachusetts
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 17.4 - 21.0 | 0.5 - 0.9 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 69.0 - 75.1 | 90.9 - 100.3 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 2.6 - 4.6 | (X) | |
| Rail | 0.1 - 0.5 | 0.3 - 1.3 | |
| 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 | 3.8 - 6.1 | 1.8 - 4.1 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Massachusetts
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 32.5 - 36.5 | 73.3 - 81.2 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 7.7 - 9.7 | 6.5 - 9.5 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 13.2 - 15.8 | 5.3 - 7.9 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 7.0 - 11.2 | 2.1 - 3.7 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 6.2 - 8.2 | 0.8 - 1.8 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 6.7 - 7.7 | 1.2 - 1.8 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 6.0 - 8.0 | 0.6 - 2.0 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.7 - 3.7 | 0.2 - 0.6 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 7.5 - 9.5 | 0.6 - 1.2 |
| 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).