1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: New York
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: New York
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in New York | $261.9 billion | 219.8 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 4.3 | 2.2 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in New York Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Instruments, photographic and optical goods, or clocks . | 16.9 |
| Food or kindred products | 16.0 |
| Transportation equipment | 7.5 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 7.2 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 6.9 |
| Other commodities | 45.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in New York Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 22.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 18.4 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 18.0 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 13.1 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 5.6 |
| Other commodities | 22.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in New York Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| New York | 41.2 |
| New Jersey | 6.9 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.6 |
| Connecticut | 5.5 |
| California | 5.3 |
| Illinois | 3.5 |
| Other States | 32.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in New York Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| New York | 76.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.7 |
| New Jersey | 3.4 |
| Massachusetts | 1.7 |
| Connecticut | 1.7 |
| Ohio | 1.2 |
| Other States | 11.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in New York
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 13.3 | 0.4 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 76.0 | 88.8 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 4.0 | 0.1 | |
| Rail | 1.6 | 3.2 | |
| 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 | 5.1 | 7.5 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in New York
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 33.8 | 67.8 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 10.3 | 8.8 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 17.7 | 11.0 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 10.0 | 5.2 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 9.3 | 2.9 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 6.1 | 1.9 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 6.8 | 1.1 |
| 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).