1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: New Jersey
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: New Jersey
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in New Jersey | $252.8 billion | 179.5 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 4.2 | 1.8 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in New Jersey Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Chemicals or allied products | 14.2 |
| Food or kindred products | 12.8 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 10.8 |
| Apparel or other finished textile products . | 8.7 |
| Transportation equipment | 8.4 |
| Other commodities | 45.2 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in New Jersey Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products | 35.7 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 16.4 |
| Food or kindred products | 13.1 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 7.6 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 5.3 |
| Other commodities | 21.9 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in New Jersey Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 31.3 |
| New York | 13.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 8.6 |
| California | 4.3 |
| Massachusetts | 4.2 |
| Texas | 3.3 |
| Other States | 34.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in New Jersey Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 59.4 |
| New York | 12.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 9.7 |
| Massachusetts | 3.1 |
| Connecticut | 2.5 |
| Maryland | 1.3 |
| Other States | 11.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in New Jersey
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 14.0 | 0.5 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 78.1 | 75.7 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
| Rail | 0.6 | 1.6 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.5 | ** | |
| Pipeline* | 0.7 | 5.5 | |
| 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 | 4.5 | 16.6 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in New Jersey
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 37.4 | 60.3 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 12.1 | 15.8 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 13.5 | 12.7 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 8.8 | 4.2 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 9.3 | 2.6 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 5.5 | 1.1 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 6.3 | 2.1 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 5.5 | 0.8 |
| 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).