1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: North Carolina
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: North Carolina
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in North Carolina | $209.4 billion | 205.3 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 3.5 | 2.1 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in North Carolina Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Apparel or other finished textile products . | 11.1 |
| Textile mill products | 10.8 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 10.5 |
| Food or kindred products | 10.4 |
| Machinery, including computers | 8.9 |
| Other commodities | 48.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in North Carolina Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 19.0 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 16.8 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 15.4 |
| Food or kindred products | 12.1 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 10.4 |
| Other commodities | 26.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in North Carolina Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 38.1 |
| Virginia | 6.0 |
| Georgia | 5.8 |
| South Carolina | 5.5 |
| Florida | 4.2 |
| California | 3.7 |
| Other States | 36.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in North Carolina Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 69.6 |
| South Carolina | 7.3 |
| Virginia | 5.6 |
| New York | 2.2 |
| Georgia | 2.1 |
| Tennessee | 1.3 |
| Other States | 11.9 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in North Carolina
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 5.7 | 0.2 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 87.1 | 91.0 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.2 | - | |
| Rail | 1.6 | 7.2 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.1 | - | |
| Pipeline* | - | - | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.1 | - | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | - | - | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 4.2 | 1.6 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in North Carolina
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 24.7 | 53.9 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 10.4 | 16.6 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 17.9 | 13.7 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 20.2 | 7.9 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 14.3 | 4.8 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 3.9 | 1.2 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 2.8 | 1.0 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.0 | 0.2 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 4.9 | 0.7 |
| 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).