90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: New York
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 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 (in billion $ and million tons) | 242.51 - 281.29 | 203.89 - 235.71 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 4.00 - 4.68 | 2.06 - 2.40 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in New York Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Instruments, photographic and optical goods, or clocks | 8.7 - 25.2 |
| Food or kindred products | 12.7 - 19.4 |
| Transportation equipment | 5.7 - 9.4 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 6.3 - 8.1 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 4.9 - 8.8 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in New York Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 16.4 - 28.2 |
| Food or kindred products | 15.5 - 21.4 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 11.2 - 24.8 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 11.1 - 15.0 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 2.9 - 8.4 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in New York Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| New York | 36.9 - 45.5 |
| New Jersey | 6.2 - 7.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.6 - 6.6 |
| Connecticut | 2.5 - 8.5 |
| California | 3.7 - 7.0 |
| Illinois | 2.4 - 4.7 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in New York Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| New York | 74.1 - 78.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.9 - 5.5 |
| New Jersey | 2.7 - 4.1 |
| Massachusetts | 1.2 - 2.2 |
| Connecticut | 1.2 - 2.2 |
| Ohio | 1.0 - 1.4 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in New York
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 11.5 - 15.1 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 72.3 - 79.7 | 84.8 - 92.9 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.7 - 6.3 | (X) | |
| Rail | 0.9 - 2.3 | 2.4 - 4.0 | |
| 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 | 4.1 - 6.1 | 6.0 - 9.0 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in New York
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 30.0 - 37.6 | 65.0 - 70.6 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 7.3 - 13.3 | 7.3 - 10.3 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 14.3 - 21.2 | 9.5 - 12.5 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 8.9 - 11.2 | 4.5 - 5.9 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 6.3 - 12.3 | 2.1 - 3.7 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 3.5 - 5.8 | 0.9 - 1.3 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 4.6 - 7.6 | 0.8 - 3.1 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.2 - 1.8 | (X) |
| 2,000 miles or more | 5.0 - 8.6 | 0.8 - 1.4 |
| 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).