90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Montana
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Montana
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Montana (in billion $ and million tons) | 9.14 - 11.26 | 48.55 - 115.45 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.15 - 0.19 | 0.50 - 1.18 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Montana Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products | 9.7 - 26.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 13.8 - 19.9 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture . | 12.9 - 19.4 |
| Farm products | 6.8 - 12.1 |
| Coal | 1.7 - 10.8 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Montana Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 6.3 - 26.0 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 5.6 - 19.9 |
| Farm products | 3.9 - 13.0 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 1.8 - 5.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 1.5 - 3.7 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Montana Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Montana | 49.4 - 56.6 |
| Washington | 4.7 - 8.3 |
| Wyoming | 4.4 - 5.4 |
| California | 2.4 - 5.4 |
| Wisconsin | 2.0 - 3.6 |
| Illinois | 1.7 - 3.7 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Montana Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Montana | 32.7 - 51.7 |
| Wisconsin | 9.8 - 22.6 |
| Illinois | 2.2 - 11.8 |
| Washington | 2.5 - 9.4 |
| Idaho | 0.8 - 4.8 |
| Oregon | 1.1 - 3.4 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Montana
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 5.2 - 8.2 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 57.9 - 65.5 | 27.3 - 43.1 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | (X) | (X) | |
| Rail | 19.0 - 25.2 | 42.4 - 61.8 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | (X) | (X) | |
| Pipeline* | 1.8 - 7.4 | 0.5 - 5.7 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.3 - 1.3 | 0.0 - 0.4 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | (X) | (X) | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 1.6 - 6.6 | (X) | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Montana
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 26.4 - 32.6 | 23.4 - 37.8 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 7.9 - 15.1 | 1.4 - 11.6 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 14.8 - 17.1 | 3.5 - 9.1 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 10.7 - 13.3 | 3.1 - 12.7 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 6.3 - 11.3 | 22.3 - 42.7 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 6.8 - 11.0 | 6.9 - 17.7 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 7.6 - 9.9 | 1.8 - 4.4 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.0 - 4.6 | 0.5 - 1.1 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.5 - 1.1 | 0.0 - 0.3 |
| 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).